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'''Edward Said''' (1935-2003) was a [[Palestinian]]-American literary scholar and political activist on the left. He is best known for his 1978 book ''[[Orientalism]]''. Conservatives have strongly rejected his ideas. U.S. Federal Judge [[Richard Posner]] called him one of America's top public intellectuals.<ref>[http://home.uchicago.edu/~rposner/publicintellect.htm] "Data for tables in Chapter 5 of Richard A. Posner, Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline" where Posner talks about the data he used for his book ''Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline''.</ref><ref>[http://home.uchicago.edu/~rposner/TABLE%20II.pdf] Table II, which is Posner's data for 607 public intellectuals. A PDF search of "Said" will show he is on Posner's list.</ref>
'''Edward Said''' (1935-2003) was a [[Palestinian]]-American literary scholar and political activist on the left. He is best known for his 1978 book ''[[Orientalism]]''. Conservatives have strongly rejected his ideas.
Said was brought up a Christian (not Muslim), but became non-religious. He was educated in British schools in Egypt then at American prep schools, Princeton and Harvard; he spent his entire academic career at Columbia University in New York City; he was active in Palestinian politics. He was a leading scholar of English literature, but was not a specialist on the history or the culture of Islam or of the Middle East.
Said was brought up a Christian (not Muslim), but became non-religious. He was educated in British schools in Egypt then at American prep schools, Princeton and Harvard; he spent his entire academic career at Columbia University in New York City; he was active in Palestinian politics. He was a leading scholar of English literature, but was not a specialist on the history or the culture of Islam or of the Middle East.
* Warraq, Ibn. ''Defending the West: A Critique of Edward Said's Orientalism'' (2007) a conservative critique [http://www.asmeascholars.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1236&catid=9&Itemid=64 online review]; [http://www.islam-watch.org/IbnWarraq/Warraq_Meets_Edward_Said.htm another online review]
* Warraq, Ibn. ''Defending the West: A Critique of Edward Said's Orientalism'' (2007) a conservative critique [http://www.asmeascholars.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1236&catid=9&Itemid=64 online review]; [http://www.islam-watch.org/IbnWarraq/Warraq_Meets_Edward_Said.htm another online review]
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