In these impassioned and inspiring essays, based on his 1993 Reith Lectures, Edward Said explores what it means to be an intellectual today.
Are intellectuals merely the servants of special interests or do they have a larger responsibility? In these wide-ranging essays, one of our most brilliant and fiercely independent public thinkers addresses this question with extraordinary...
In these impassioned and inspiring essays, based on his 1993 Reith Lectures, Edward Said explores what it means to be an intellectual today.
Are intellectuals merely the servants of special interests or do they have a larger responsibility? In these wide-ranging essays, one of our most brilliant and fiercely independent public thinkers addresses this question with extraordinary eloquence. Said sees the the intellectual as an exile and amateur whose role it is “to speak the truth to power” even at the risk of ostracism or imprisonment. Drawing on the examples of Jonathan Swift and Theodor Adorno, Robert Oppenheimer and Henry Kissinger, Vietnam and the Gulf War, Said explores the implications of this idea and shows what happens when intellectuals succumb to the lures of money, power, or specialization.
Representations of the Intellectual的创作者
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Edward W. Said was born in 1935 in Jerusalem, raised in Jerusalem and Cairo, and educated in the United States, where he attended Princeton (B.A. 1957) and Harvard (M.A. 1960; Ph.D. 1964). In 1963, he began teaching at Columbia University, where he was University Professor of English and Comparative Literature. He died in 2003 in New York City.
Edward W. Said was born in 1935 in Jerusalem, raised in Jerusalem and Cairo, and educated in the United States, where he attended Princeton (B.A. 1957) and Harvard (M.A. 1960; Ph.D. 1964). In 1963, he began teaching at Columbia University, where he was University Professor of English and Comparative Literature. He died in 2003 in New York City.
He is the author of twenty-two books which have been translated into 35 languages, including Orientalism (1978); The Question of Palestine (1979); Covering Islam (1980); The World, the Text, and the Critic (1983); Culture and Imperialism (1993); Peace and Its Discontents: Essays on Palestine and the Middle East Peace Process (1996); and Out of Place: A Memoir (1999). Besides his academic work, he wrote a twice-monthly column for Al-Hayat and Al-Ahram; was a regular contributor to newspapers in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East; and was the music critic for The Nation.
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0 有用 黑老头 2021-02-10 23:44:27
哪有好到要给九分的程度啊！An intellectual is fundamentally about knowledge and freedom，读者诸君要谨记啊……
0 有用 Dear Lu 2014-06-26 02:26:58
计划外。
0 有用 蝉 2014-01-10 17:21:06
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0 有用 俺老张来也 2022-05-13 17:52:31
读些知识分子相关的多是觉得感同身受，但是不知道为什么都是写成一些个人感受类的。能感觉的出来，萨义德的文学素养，我都怀疑他是不是读文学专业出生的。（查了一下）萨伊德获得美国哈佛大学文学硕士学位,1964年获哈佛大学文学博士学位。有趣的事情是，西方的文学专业可以走政治学走批判，更多的像是语文学，完全就不局限在文本上。（单版本的中文很好，读了40多页去看中文版了）
1 有用 咽子 2018-09-27 00:09:19
Said 怎麼也想不到知識分子的「有機」社會責任到了60 70年代的中國是致命的。
0 有用 前世海豚 2023-12-21 22:36:43 瑞士
全书背诵
0 有用 精神状态很稳定 2023-10-24 02:34:26 美国
本书其实是给Reith lectures 的电台讲座，足见93年英国听众的水平之高！在萨义德看来，知识分子群体是规则的挑战者，是质疑民族主义、企业思维以及种族或性别特权的人。不应该为z权或经济团体服务或自娱自乐而存在，ta们应该是公众的，因此是暴露的有风险的脆弱的。萨义德试图在后现代主义的废墟中构建一些坚固的信念，而他本人的一生正是这种信念的忠诚践行者。读流亡的知识份子一章时，哈马斯突袭了以色列，... 本书其实是给Reith lectures 的电台讲座，足见93年英国听众的水平之高！在萨义德看来，知识分子群体是规则的挑战者，是质疑民族主义、企业思维以及种族或性别特权的人。不应该为z权或经济团体服务或自娱自乐而存在，ta们应该是公众的，因此是暴露的有风险的脆弱的。萨义德试图在后现代主义的废墟中构建一些坚固的信念，而他本人的一生正是这种信念的忠诚践行者。读流亡的知识份子一章时，哈马斯突袭了以色列，以色列围剿加沙，200万平民的生命悬于一线。作为一个终身为巴勒斯坦人民抗争的巴勒斯坦知识分子，我可以想象萨义德如果活到今天对哈马斯和以色列会是怎样的愤怒。他一生倡导对话和共享，批判分裂暴力和争夺，假想双方在一个国家共存的可能。这的确理想主义，但也是他战士般一生的斗争。只是这世界已再无萨义德了 (展开)
0 有用 Ichi 2023-08-10 15:34:11 湖北
萨义德面向公众的lecture，跟他的学术著作比起来没感觉写出了什么新的东西。本来想看看他对自己移民知识分子这一暧昧身份的看法，果不其然，他把exile当成了知识分子的理想形象
0 有用 俺老张来也 2022-05-13 17:52:31
读些知识分子相关的多是觉得感同身受，但是不知道为什么都是写成一些个人感受类的。能感觉的出来，萨义德的文学素养，我都怀疑他是不是读文学专业出生的。（查了一下）萨伊德获得美国哈佛大学文学硕士学位,1964年获哈佛大学文学博士学位。有趣的事情是，西方的文学专业可以走政治学走批判，更多的像是语文学，完全就不局限在文本上。（单版本的中文很好，读了40多页去看中文版了）
0 有用 箫扬 2021-09-08 21:45:02
What are our Bazarov, Dedalus and Moreau seeking for?