Edward Said is perhaps best known as the author of the landmark study Orientalism , a book which changed the face of critical theory and shaped the emerging field of post-colonial studies, and for his controversial journalism on the Palestinian political situation. Looking at the context and the impact of Said's scholarship and journalism, this book examinesSaid's key ideas, including: the significance of 'worldliness', 'amateurism', 'secular criticism', 'affiliation' and 'contrapuntal reading' the place of text and critic in 'the world' knowledge, power and the construction of the 'Other' links between culture and imperialism exile, identity and the plight of Palestine anew chapter looking at Said's later work and style This popular guide has been fully updated and revised in a new edition, suitable for readers approachingSaid'swork for the first time as well as those already familiar with the work of this important theorist. The result is the ideal guide to one of the twentiethcentury's most engaging critical thinkers.

-作者簡介-

比爾•阿希剋洛夫特，澳大利亞新南威爾士大學英語、媒體和錶演藝術學院榮休教授，現任香港大學英語係講席教授。

帕爾•阿盧瓦利亞，曾任南澳大利亞大學副校長（分管教育、藝術與社會科學）和後殖民研究中心主任，英國樸茨茅斯大學副校長（分管研究與創新），現任南太平洋大學校長。

-譯者簡介-

王立鞦，雲南彌勒人，北京大學國際關係學院比較政治學博士，現為哈爾濱工程大學人文社會科學學院講師，河北大學伊閤組織研究中心客座研究員。