Drawing on extensive archival sources and hundreds of
interviews, Timothy Brennan’s “Places of Mind” is the first comprehensive
biography of Edward Said, one of the most controversial and celebrated
intellectuals of the 20th century.
In Brennan’s masterful work, Said, the pioneer of
postcolonial studies, a tireless champion for his native Palestine, and an
erudite literary critic emerges as a self-doubting, tender, and eloquent
advocate of literature’s dramatic effects on politics and civic life.
Places of Mind charts the intertwined routes of Said’s
intellectual development, revealing him as a study in opposites: a cajoler and
strategist. A New York intellectual with a foot in Beirut, an orchestra
impresario in Weimar and Ramallah, a raconteur on national television, and a
Palestinian negotiator at the State Department.
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Drawing on extensive archival sources and hundreds of
interviews, Timothy Brennan’s “
Places of Mind” is the first comprehensive
biography of Edward Said, one of the most controversial and celebrated
intellectuals of the 20th century.
In Brennan’s masterful work, Said, the pioneer of
postcolonial studies, a tireless champion for his native Palestine, and an
erudite literary critic emerges as a self-doubting, tender, and eloquent
advocate of literature’s dramatic effects on politics and civic life.
Places of Mind charts the intertwined routes of Said’s
intellectual development, revealing him as a study in opposites: a cajoler and
strategist. A New York intellectual with a foot in Beirut, an orchestra
impresario in Weimar and Ramallah, a raconteur on national television, and a
Palestinian negotiator at the State Department.
Read more Books
Jordan News
