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george snedeker
 

I am the Book Review Editor for the journal, Socialism and Democracy. I am looking for someone to review:

On Edward Said: Remembrance of Things Past by Hamid Dabashi, Haymarket, 2020.

 

Here is the blurb on the book:

This book is an intimate intellectual, political and personal portrait of Edward Said, one of the 20th centuries leading public intellectuals.

Edward Said (1935–2003) was a towering figure in post-colonial studies and the struggle for justice in his native Palestine, best known for his critique of orientalism in western portrayals of the Middle East. As a public intellectual, activist, and scholar, Said forever changed how we read the world around us and left an indelible mark on subsequent generations.

Hamid Dabashi, himself a leading thinker and critical public voice, offers a unique collection of reminiscences, travelogues and essays that document his own close and long-standing scholarly, personal and political relationship with Said. In the process, they place the enduring significance of Edward Said’s legacy in an unfolding context and locate his work within the moral imagination and environment of the time.

As Ilan Pappé said, "This book moves elegantly between anecdotes in Edward Said’s life and a profound analysis of the intellectual contribution of one of the most influential thinkers of our times. Hamid Dabashi guides us skillfully between Said’s universalist, humane and moral position and his total commitment for the liberation of Palestine. With the help of this book we revisit, in a very accessible language and a straightforward style, Said’s intellectual prominence and impact on cultural studies. We are also introduced once more to the extent of his commitment to the struggle for justice in Palestine.

 

If you would like to review this book, write to me at george.snedeker@...

 

George Snedeker
allan ainsworth
 

George,

I’d be happy to review this book, but can’t do it for about 12 days or so. If that meets your needs for the review, please send a copy along.

On another matter, I have re-read my review of Cuban Health Care, and have found one sentence I’d like to slightly correct. I believe you said it would be published in either Nov. or March. Would it be possible for me to make that correction and send it back to you?

Allan Ainsworth
50 Saint Moritz Circle
Park City, Utah 84098

801-879-9001 cell




On Sep 24, 2020, at 12:30 PM, george snedeker via groups.io <george.snedeker@...> wrote:

I am the Book Review Editor for the journal, Socialism and Democracy. I am looking for someone to review:
On Edward Said: Remembrance of Things Past by Hamid Dabashi, Haymarket, 2020. 
 
Here is the blurb on the book:
This book is an intimate intellectual, political and personal portrait of Edward Said, one of the 20th centuries leading public intellectuals.

Edward Said (1935–2003) was a towering figure in post-colonial studies and the struggle for justice in his native Palestine, best known for his critique of orientalism in western portrayals of the Middle East. As a public intellectual, activist, and scholar, Said forever changed how we read the world around us and left an indelible mark on subsequent generations.

Hamid Dabashi, himself a leading thinker and critical public voice, offers a unique collection of reminiscences, travelogues and essays that document his own close and long-standing scholarly, personal and political relationship with Said. In the process, they place the enduring significance of Edward Said’s legacy in an unfolding context and locate his work within the moral imagination and environment of the time.

As Ilan Pappé said, "This book moves elegantly between anecdotes in Edward Said’s life and a profound analysis of the intellectual contribution of one of the most influential thinkers of our times. Hamid Dabashi guides us skillfully between Said’s universalist, humane and moral position and his total commitment for the liberation of Palestine. With the help of this book we revisit, in a very accessible language and a straightforward style, Said’s intellectual prominence and impact on cultural studies. We are also introduced once more to the extent of his commitment to the struggle for justice in Palestine. 
 
If you would like to review this book, write to me at george.snedeker@...
 
George Snedeker
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