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The politics of dispossession : the struggle for Palestinian self-determination, 1969-1994, Edward W. Said

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  • "In this brilliant collection of pieces on the question of Palestinian self-determination, Edward Said - the most celebrated, visible, and outspoken Arab writing in America today - looks at the issues behind the Palestinian struggle for statehood." "An Arab born in Jerusalem, educated there and in Cairo, and an American who has lived in the United States since the age of fifteen, the product of an American boarding school, Princeton, and Harvard, Said writes from a unique point of view. An internationally renowned literary and cultural critic, he turned his attention to political writing in 1967 after the seizure of the West Bank. In these thirty-eight pieces - essays, book and film reviews, and a personal interview - which have appeared between 1969 and 1994 in a wide range of publications, Said provides the context for understanding the recent autonomy agreement between the PLO and Israel, as well as a critical assessment of United States policy toward the Palestinians. He evaluates the argument for a two-state solution, documents the cultural and historical background to the relationships between the Arab Islamic world and the West, and points up the repercussions of the Gulf War. In all these pieces, Said again and again proves his prescience and deep understanding of an overwhelmingly complex situation." "In a candid and very personal introduction, Said eloquently explains how he came to hold his views. A highly effective mediator, who has been present at many of the major Middle East peace negotiations, Said has also been an outspoken critic of Saddam Hussein, the Arab Right Wing, and Islamic fundamentalism. In his introduction, Said discusses how he was, on several occasions, approached behind-the-scenes to try to bring together the United States and Yasir Arafat for substantive meetings and discussions."
  • "Robert Hughes has written that Edward Said has always spoken for the "secular, liberal, and human strand in Arab culture whose voices are silenced by Middle Eastern regimes and ignored in America." This is a major collection of writingtimely, impassioned, and controversial - from our most important Arab scholar."--BOOK JACKET
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
1 online resource (xlviii, 450 pages
Note
maps on lining paper
Contents
  • Palestine and Palestinians : The Palestinian experience (1968-1969) -- The Palestinians one year since Amman (1971) -- Palestinians (1977) -- The acre and the goat (1979) -- Peace and Palestinian rights (1980) -- Palestinians in the United States (1981) -- The formation of American public opinion on the question of Palestine (1980) -- Palestinians in the aftermath of Beirut : a preliminary stocktaking (1982) -- An ideology of difference (1985) -- Solidly behind Arafat (1983) -- Who would speak for Palestinians? (1985) -- On Palestinian identity : a conversation with Salman Rushdie (1986) -- Review of Wedding in Galilee and Friendship's death (1988) -- How to answer Palestine's challenge (1988) -- Palestine agenda (December 1988) -- Palestinians in the Gulf War's aftermath (1991) -- The prospects for peace in the Middle East (1991) -- Return to Palestine--Israel (1992) --
  • The Arab world : U.S. policy and the conflict of powers on the Middle East (1973) -- The Arab Right Wing (1979) -- A changing world order : the Arab dimension (1980) -- The death of Sadat (1981) -- Permission to narrate (1984) -- "Our" Lebanon (1984) -- Sanctum of the strong (1989) -- Behind Saddam Hussein's moves (August 1990) -- A tragic convergence (January 11, 1991) -- Ignorant armies clash by night (February 11, 1991) -- The Arab-American war : the politics of information (March 1991) -- The intellectuals and the war (April 1991) --
  • Politics and intellectuals : Chomsky and the question of Palestine (1975) -- Reticences of an Orientalist (1986) -- Identity, negation and violence (1988) -- The Orientalist express : Thomas Friedman wraps up the Middle East (1989) -- On Nelson Mandela, and others (1990) -- Embargoed literature (1990) -- The splendid tapestry of Arab life (1991) -- The other Arab Muslims (1993)
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The politics of dispossession : the struggle for Palestinian self-determination, 1969-1994
Title
The politics of dispossession
Title remainder
the struggle for Palestinian self-determination, 1969-1994
Statement of responsibility
Edward W. Said
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
  • "In this brilliant collection of pieces on the question of Palestinian self-determination, Edward Said - the most celebrated, visible, and outspoken Arab writing in America today - looks at the issues behind the Palestinian struggle for statehood." "An Arab born in Jerusalem, educated there and in Cairo, and an American who has lived in the United States since the age of fifteen, the product of an American boarding school, Princeton, and Harvard, Said writes from a unique point of view. An internationally renowned literary and cultural critic, he turned his attention to political writing in 1967 after the seizure of the West Bank. In these thirty-eight pieces - essays, book and film reviews, and a personal interview - which have appeared between 1969 and 1994 in a wide range of publications, Said provides the context for understanding the recent autonomy agreement between the PLO and Israel, as well as a critical assessment of United States policy toward the Palestinians. He evaluates the argument for a two-state solution, documents the cultural and historical background to the relationships between the Arab Islamic world and the West, and points up the repercussions of the Gulf War. In all these pieces, Said again and again proves his prescience and deep understanding of an overwhelmingly complex situation." "In a candid and very personal introduction, Said eloquently explains how he came to hold his views. A highly effective mediator, who has been present at many of the major Middle East peace negotiations, Said has also been an outspoken critic of Saddam Hussein, the Arab Right Wing, and Islamic fundamentalism. In his introduction, Said discusses how he was, on several occasions, approached behind-the-scenes to try to bring together the United States and Yasir Arafat for substantive meetings and discussions."
  • "Robert Hughes has written that Edward Said has always spoken for the "secular, liberal, and human strand in Arab culture whose voices are silenced by Middle Eastern regimes and ignored in America." This is a major collection of writingtimely, impassioned, and controversial - from our most important Arab scholar."--BOOK JACKET
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DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Said, Edward W
Dewey number
956.9404
Illustrations
maps
Index
index present
LC call number
DS119.7
LC item number
.S3325 1994
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Arab-Israeli conflict
  • Self-determination, National
  • Palestinian Arabs
  • Arab countries
  • Arabes palestinos
  • Países árabes
  • Palestijnse kwestie
  • Arabisch-Israëlisch conflict
  • Palästinafrage
  • Nahostkonflikt
  • Selbstbestimmungsrecht
  • Palästinenser
Label
The politics of dispossession : the struggle for Palestinian self-determination, 1969-1994, Edward W. Said
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Instantiates
Publication
Note
maps on lining paper
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-431) and index
Contents
  • Palestine and Palestinians : The Palestinian experience (1968-1969) -- The Palestinians one year since Amman (1971) -- Palestinians (1977) -- The acre and the goat (1979) -- Peace and Palestinian rights (1980) -- Palestinians in the United States (1981) -- The formation of American public opinion on the question of Palestine (1980) -- Palestinians in the aftermath of Beirut : a preliminary stocktaking (1982) -- An ideology of difference (1985) -- Solidly behind Arafat (1983) -- Who would speak for Palestinians? (1985) -- On Palestinian identity : a conversation with Salman Rushdie (1986) -- Review of Wedding in Galilee and Friendship's death (1988) -- How to answer Palestine's challenge (1988) -- Palestine agenda (December 1988) -- Palestinians in the Gulf War's aftermath (1991) -- The prospects for peace in the Middle East (1991) -- Return to Palestine--Israel (1992) --
  • The Arab world : U.S. policy and the conflict of powers on the Middle East (1973) -- The Arab Right Wing (1979) -- A changing world order : the Arab dimension (1980) -- The death of Sadat (1981) -- Permission to narrate (1984) -- "Our" Lebanon (1984) -- Sanctum of the strong (1989) -- Behind Saddam Hussein's moves (August 1990) -- A tragic convergence (January 11, 1991) -- Ignorant armies clash by night (February 11, 1991) -- The Arab-American war : the politics of information (March 1991) -- The intellectuals and the war (April 1991) --
  • Politics and intellectuals : Chomsky and the question of Palestine (1975) -- Reticences of an Orientalist (1986) -- Identity, negation and violence (1988) -- The Orientalist express : Thomas Friedman wraps up the Middle East (1989) -- On Nelson Mandela, and others (1990) -- Embargoed literature (1990) -- The splendid tapestry of Arab life (1991) -- The other Arab Muslims (1993)
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
1 online resource (xlviii, 450 pages
Form of item
online
Other physical details
maps)
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1036760288
Label
The politics of dispossession : the struggle for Palestinian self-determination, 1969-1994, Edward W. Said
Link
Publication
Note
maps on lining paper
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-431) and index
Contents
  • Palestine and Palestinians : The Palestinian experience (1968-1969) -- The Palestinians one year since Amman (1971) -- Palestinians (1977) -- The acre and the goat (1979) -- Peace and Palestinian rights (1980) -- Palestinians in the United States (1981) -- The formation of American public opinion on the question of Palestine (1980) -- Palestinians in the aftermath of Beirut : a preliminary stocktaking (1982) -- An ideology of difference (1985) -- Solidly behind Arafat (1983) -- Who would speak for Palestinians? (1985) -- On Palestinian identity : a conversation with Salman Rushdie (1986) -- Review of Wedding in Galilee and Friendship's death (1988) -- How to answer Palestine's challenge (1988) -- Palestine agenda (December 1988) -- Palestinians in the Gulf War's aftermath (1991) -- The prospects for peace in the Middle East (1991) -- Return to Palestine--Israel (1992) --
  • The Arab world : U.S. policy and the conflict of powers on the Middle East (1973) -- The Arab Right Wing (1979) -- A changing world order : the Arab dimension (1980) -- The death of Sadat (1981) -- Permission to narrate (1984) -- "Our" Lebanon (1984) -- Sanctum of the strong (1989) -- Behind Saddam Hussein's moves (August 1990) -- A tragic convergence (January 11, 1991) -- Ignorant armies clash by night (February 11, 1991) -- The Arab-American war : the politics of information (March 1991) -- The intellectuals and the war (April 1991) --
  • Politics and intellectuals : Chomsky and the question of Palestine (1975) -- Reticences of an Orientalist (1986) -- Identity, negation and violence (1988) -- The Orientalist express : Thomas Friedman wraps up the Middle East (1989) -- On Nelson Mandela, and others (1990) -- Embargoed literature (1990) -- The splendid tapestry of Arab life (1991) -- The other Arab Muslims (1993)
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
1 online resource (xlviii, 450 pages
Form of item
online
Other physical details
maps)
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1036760288

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