Edward Said

Edward Wadie Said was a Palestinian-American philosopher, academic, literary critic, and political activist. As a professor of literature at Columbia University, he was among the founders of post-colonial studies. As a cultural critic, Said is best known for his book Orientalism (1978), a foundational text which critiques the cultural representations that are the bases of Orientalism—how the Western world perceives the Orient. His model of textual analysis transformed the academic discourse of researchers in literary theory, literary criticism, and Middle Eastern studies.

1 November 1935

Born on the same birth date (1 November 1935): Gary Player

Born on the same birth day (1 November): Barry Sadler • Bo Bice • Calvin Johnson (musician) • Carlos Páez Vilaró • Charles Brantley Aycock • François-Marie, comte de Broglie • Gary Howell (West Virginia politician) • Gillian Knight • James Ward-Prowse • John W. Peterson • Louis Dewis • Max Adrian • Maxie Rosenbloom • Megan Wing • Michał Sopoćko • Natalia Tena • Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine • Siarhei Artsiukhin • Sippie Wallace • William Mathias

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