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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785753503321

Autore

Spanos William V

Titolo

The legacy of Edward W. Said / / William V. Spanos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2009

ISBN

1-283-58310-0

9786613895554

0-252-09245-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 pages)

Disciplina

973.91092

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Soggetti

Philosophy, Modern - 20th century

Poststructuralism

Orientalism

Humanism

Imperialism

Politics and culture

United States Foreign relations Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-265) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Edward Said and the poststructuralists : an introduction -- Heidegger, Foucault, and the "empire of the gaze" : thinking the territorialization of knowledge -- Orientalism : Foucault, genealogy, history -- Culture and imperialism : the specter of empire -- Edward Said's humanism and American exceptionalism after 9/11/01 : an interrogation -- Edward Said's Mount Hermon and mine : a forwarding remembrance and a coda.