Edward Said and the question of subjectivity / Prasad Pannian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pannian, Prasad, 1974- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Said, Edward W--Criticism and interpretation.

Said, Edward W--Political and social views.

Said, Edward W.

Subjectivity.

Political and social views.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 205 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Summary:

"Edward Said and the Question of Subjectivity explores the articulated and implicated notions of subjectivity in the writings of Edward Said, one of the forthright public intellectuals of our times. The work further analyses the shift in his intellectual trajectory towards a new humanism and dwells on his interface with certain western Marxist thinkers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / by H. Aram Veeser

Introduction: Edward Said and the politics of subjectivity

Orient, Occident, and the constitution of subjectivity

The subject in overlapping territories and intertwined histories

Politics of exile, act of memory, and recuperation of the subject

Intellectuals as subjects of action in the age of New Humanism

A shift in intellectual trajectory: the Marxist connection

Conclusion: towards a Saidian paradigm.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137548641

1137548649

OCLC:

917339936

Publisher Number:

40025793188