Debating Orientalism - by Anna Bernard & David Attwell (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Edward Said continues to fascinate and stir controversy, nowhere more than with his classic work Orientalism. Debating Orientalism brings a rare mix of perspectives to an ongoing polemic. Contributors from a range of disciplines take stock of the book's impact and appraise its significance in contemporary cultural politics and philosophy.

Review Quotes

"Debating Orientalism offers a useful balance between the more historiographical and the more theoretical interventions, and gives an excellent sense of the multiple disciplinary frameworks Said's book invokes and incites. The chapters talk back to each other in intriguing ways, indeed at points argue categorically against each other, giving a sense of immediacy and debate." - Dr. Alex Padamsee, University of Kent, UK

About the Author

Moneera Al-Ghadeer, Qatar University, USA Peter Gran, Temple University, USA Joanna de Groot, University of York, UK Nicholas Harrison, King's College London, UK Robert Irwin, London University, UK Donna Landry, University of Kent, UK Yonatan Mendel, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Rajeshwari Mishka Sinha, Centre of South Asian Studies, Cambridge, UK Robert Spencer, University of Manchester, UK Andrea Teti, University of Aberdeen, UK Nicholas Tromans, Kingston University, UK