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Representations of the Intellectual

Representations of the Intellectual

Representations of the Intellectual

Editorial: Fitzcarraldo UK

Any: 2026

EAN: 9781804272244

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Sobre el libro Representations of the Intellectual de Edward W. Said publicado por Fitzcarraldo UK al 2026:

Are intellectuals merely the servants of special interests or do they have a larger responsibility? In these wide-ranging essays, one of our most brilliant and fiercely independent public thinkers addresses this question with extraordinary eloquence. Said sees the intellectual as an exile and amateur whose role it is ´to speak the truth to power´ even at the risk of ostracism or imprisonment. Drawing on the examples of Jonathan Swift and Theodor Adorno, Robert Oppenheimer and Henry Kissinger, Vietnam and the Gulf War, Said explores the implications of this idea and shows what happens when intellectuals succumb to the lures of money, power, or specialization.
Edward W. Said

Sobre Edward W. Said

Edward W. Said (1935-2003) va ser un dels intel·lectuals àrabs més importants del segle XX. Nascut a Jerusalem en una família palestina, es va educar en el Victoria College del Caire, en el Mount Hermon School de Massachusetts i en les Universitats de Princeton i Harvard. Va ser professor de literatura anglesa de la Universitat de Columbia des de 1963 fins a la seva mort. A més, en 1974 va ser professor visitant de literatura comparada a Harvard; en 1975-76, membre del Center for...

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