Representations of the intellectual : the Reith lectures /
Celebrated humanist, teacher, and scholar, Edward W. Said here examines the ever-changing role of the intellectual today. In these six stunning essays - delivered on the BBC as the prestigious Reith Lectures - Said addresses the ways in which the intellectual can best serve society in the light of a...
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New York :
Pantheon Books,
1994
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Table of Contents:
- I. Representations of the Intellectual
- II. Holding Nations and Traditions at Bay
- III. Intellectual Exile: Expatriates and Marginals
- IV. Professionals and Amateurs
- V. Speaking Truth to Power
- VI. Gods That Always Fail