In this wide-ranging collection of insightful, controversial, and often-witty essays, the renowned author of "Why I Am Not a Muslim" has created a representative selection of his best work on the Koran and various problems posed by the interaction of Islam with the West.
In this wide-ranging collection of insightful, controversial, and often-witty essays, the renowned author of "Why I Am Not a Muslim" has created a rep...
This is the first systematic critique of Edward Said's influential work, "Orientalism," a book that for almost three decades has received wide acclaim, voluminous commentary, and translation into more than fifteen languages. Said's main thesis was that the Western image of the East was heavily biased by colonialist attitudes, racism, and more than two centuries of political exploitation. Although Said's critique was controversial, the impact of his ideas has been a pervasive rethinking of Western perceptions of Eastern cultures, plus a tendency to view all scholarship in Oriental Studies as...
This is the first systematic critique of Edward Said's influential work, "Orientalism," a book that for almost three decades has received wide acclaim...
