Edward Said and the writing of history
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Edward Said and the writing of history
(Postmodern encounters / ed.: Richard Appignanesi)
Icon Books , Totem Books, 2001
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 74-76)
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Said famously argued in 'Orientalism' that the West developed, at the peak of colonial expansion, a body of knowledge that imperialists could use to gain power. Walia investigates the need for alternative 'subaltern' histories and the influences - Foucault, Gramsci - that inspire them.
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