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The Politics of Dispossession

The Struggle for Palestinian Self-Determination, 1969-1994

The Struggle for Palestinian Self-Determination, 1969-1994

By Edward W. Said

By Edward W. Said

By Edward W. Said

By Edward W. Said

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May 30, 1995 | ISBN 9780679761457

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    About The Politics of Dispossession

    Ever since the appearance of his groundbreaking The Question of Palestine, Edward Said has been America’s most outspoken advocate for Palestinian self-determination. As these collected essays amply prove, he is also our most intelligent and bracingly heretical writer on affairs involving not only Palestinians but also the Arab and Muslim worlds and their tortuous relations with the West.

    In The Politics of Dispossession Said traces his people’s struggle for statehood through twenty-five years of exile, from the PLO’s bloody 1970 exile from Jordan through the debacle of the Gulf War and the ambiguous 1994 peace accord with Israel. As frank as he is about his personal involvement in that struggle, Said is equally unsparing in his demolition of Arab icons and American shibboleths. Stylish, impassioned, and informed by a magisterial knowledge of history and literature, The Politics of Dispossession is a masterly synthesis of scholarship and polemic that has the power to redefine the debate over the Middle East.

    About The Politics of Dispossession

    Ever since the appearance of his groundbreaking The Question of Palestine, Edward Said has been America’s most outspoken advocate for Palestinian self-determination. As these collected essays amply prove, he is also our most intelligent and bracingly heretical writer on affairs involving not only Palestinians but also the Arab and Muslim worlds and their tortuous relations with the West.

    In The Politics of Dispossession Said traces his people’s struggle for statehood through twenty-five years of exile, from the PLO’s bloody 1970 exile from Jordan through the debacle of the Gulf War and the ambiguous 1994 peace accord with Israel. As frank as he is about his personal involvement in that struggle, Said is equally unsparing in his demolition of Arab icons and American shibboleths. Stylish, impassioned, and informed by a magisterial knowledge of history and literature, The Politics of Dispossession is a masterly synthesis of scholarship and polemic that has the power to redefine the debate over the Middle East.

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    About Edward W. Said

    Edward W. Said was born in 1935 in Jerusalem, raised in Jerusalem and Cairo, and educated in the United States, where he attended Princeton (B.A. 1957) and Harvard (M.A. 1960; Ph.D. 1964). In 1963, he began teaching at Columbia University,… More about Edward W. Said

    About Edward W. Said

    Edward W. Said was born in 1935 in Jerusalem, raised in Jerusalem and Cairo, and educated in the United States, where he attended Princeton (B.A. 1957) and Harvard (M.A. 1960; Ph.D. 1964). In 1963, he began teaching at Columbia University,… More about Edward W. Said

    Product Details

    Category: Middle Eastern World History | Literary Collections | World Politics

    Paperback | $21.00
    Published by Vintage
    May 30, 1995 | 512 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679761457

    Category: Middle Eastern World History | Literary Collections | World Politics

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Vintage
    Oct 24, 2012 | 512 Pages | ISBN 9780307829634
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    "The most eloquent and visible voice of the Palestinian struggle in America…. [Said’s] combination of flamboyant style and erudite radicalism, honesty and advocacy… makes The Politics of Dispossession necessary and informative for anyone interested in the complexities of the Palestinian question." — San Francisco Chronicle



    "This book should be read by anyone who wants to get beyond the shallow stereotypes that bedevil American thinking on the Middle East." — Robert Hughes

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