Waiting for the Barbarians

Waiting for the Barbarians:A Tribute to Edward W. Said

Preface by Mariam Said

Contributions by Meltem Ahiska, Tuncay Birkan, Timothy Brennan, Harry Harootunian, Rashid Khalidi, Elias Khoury, Saree Makdisi, Mahmood Mamdani, Joseph Massad, Karma Nabulsi, Ilan Pappe, Jacqueline Rose, Raja Shehadeh, Fawwaz Traboulsi and Gauri Viswanathan

Edited by Basak Ertur and Müge Gürsoy Sökmen

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    224 pages / September 2008 / 9781844672462

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    May 2020 / 9781789604191

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A fascinating collection of writings on the influential literary critic and political campaigner

Bringing together some of the figures most closely associated with Edward Said and his scholarship, Waiting for the Barbarians looks at Said the public intellectual and literary critic, and his political and intellectual legacy: the future through the lens of his work.

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  • Edward Said’s anger against injustice must become ours, and his pen that challenged the sword must become our weapon in the battle for human values.

    Elias Khoury

  • A frequently interesting collection of essays.

    College Literature