Edward Said Quotes

A collection of quotes by Edward Said.

Edward Said (N/A)

Until the June 1967 war I was completely caught up in the li

Until the June 1967 war I was completely caught up in the life of a young professor of English. Beginning in 1968, I started to think, write, and travel as someone who felt himself to be directly involved in the renaissance of Palestinian life and politics.

Travel

Since the 1960s, we have seen the failure of the melting pot

Since the 1960s, we have seen the failure of the melting pot ideology. This ideology suggested that different historical, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds could be subordinated to a larger ideology or social amalgam which is America. This concept obviously did not work, because paradoxically America encourages a politics of contestation.

Diversity