Said’s legacy
The London Review of Books hosts a memorial debate on Palestinian scholar Edward Said.
Want to read spiked ad-free? Become a spiked supporter.
On 28 November 2003, the London Review of Books hosts a memorial debate on the Palestinian activist and scholar, Edward Said, who died of leukaemia in October.
Said was one of a dwindling band of politically committed public intellectuals, who had made his mark both as a key thinker in the Palestinian movement and as an innovator in cultural theory in the West. After writing on the works of the novelist Joseph Conrad, Said took literary theory into an entirely new gear with his Orientalism (1978), which took literary sources to examine Western attitudes to the East.
At the same time Said was active in the Palestine National Congress, drafting the original proposals for a two-state solution. Later, he came to think that this was a dead end for Palestinians; he eventually favoured a unitary state of Palestinians and Jews, making what future they could together.
Discussing Said’s legacy at the School of Oriental and African Studies are veteran radical Tariq Ali, Mustafa Bargouti of the Palestine National Initiative, philosopher Jacqueline Rose and Ilan Pappe of Haifa University.
For more information, see The Legacy of Edward Said: A Public Discussion, London Review of Books
Help us hit our 1% target
spiked is funded by you. It’s your generosity that keeps us going and growing.
Only 0.1% of our regular readers currently donate to spiked. If you are one of the 99.9% who appreciates what we do, but hasn’t given just yet, please consider making a donation today.
If just 1% of our loyal readers donated regularly, it would be transformative for us, allowing us to vastly expand our team and coverage.
Plus, if you donate £5 a month or £50 a year, you can join and enjoy:
–Ad-free reading
–Exclusive bonus content
–Regular events
–Access to our comments section
The most impactful way to support spiked’s journalism is by registering as a supporter and making a monthly contribution. Thank you.
Comments
Want to join the conversation?
Only spiked supporters and patrons, who donate regularly to us, can comment on our articles.