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BOVÉ, EDITOR  \nEdward Said and the work of the critic: speaking truth to power  \nDuke University Press Durham and London 􀀟􀀠􀀠􀀠  \n© 􀀟􀀠􀀠􀀠 Duke University Press All rights reserved  \nPrinted in the United States of America on acid-free paper ) Typeset in Quadraat by Tseng Information Systems, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data appear on the last printed page of this book.  \nThe text of this book originally was published as volume 􀀟􀀯, number 􀀟 (summer 􀀱􀀲􀀲􀀳) of boundary 􀀗, with the exception of the following additional material: Ralph P. Locke,‘‘Exoticism and Orientalism in Music: Problems for the Worldly Critic’’; Aamir R. Mufti, ‘‘Auerbach in Istanbul:  \nEdward Said, Secular Criticism, and the Question of Minority Culture’’ (originally published in Critical Inquiry 􀀟􀀯); and Jacqueline Rose, ‘‘Edward Said Talks to Jacqueline Rose’’  \n(a portion of which originally was published in Critical Quarterly 􀀽􀀠, no. 􀀱) .  \n􀀋􀀃􀀅􀀌􀀍􀀅􀀌􀀎  \n􀀏􀀁􀀄􀀐 􀀁 . 􀀂􀀃􀀒􀀓 / Introduction 􀀱  \n􀀔􀀁􀀋􀀕􀀄􀀍􀀐􀀖􀀅􀀍 􀀇􀀃􀀎􀀍 / Edward Said talks to Jacqueline Rose 􀀲  \n􀀗. 􀀔 . 􀀌. 􀀘􀀖􀀌􀀋􀀙􀀍􀀐􀀐 / The panic of the visual: a conversation with Edward W. Said 􀀿􀀱  \n􀀚􀀁􀀈􀀁􀀌􀀇􀀖 􀀋􀀙􀀁􀀊􀀇􀀁􀀒􀀃􀀇􀀌􀀈 􀀎􀀏􀀖􀀒􀀁􀀊 / Race before racism: the disappearance of the American 􀀯􀀱  \n􀀔􀀃􀀅􀀁􀀌􀀙􀀁􀀅 􀀁􀀇􀀁􀀋 / Criticism between opposition and counterpoint 􀁀􀁀􀀌􀀍􀀇􀀇􀀈 􀀋􀀃􀀋􀀙􀀇􀀁􀀅 / The matter of language 􀁁􀀳  \n􀀐􀀖􀀅􀀆􀀎􀀁􀀈 􀀗􀀁􀀌􀀍􀀇􀀎 / In responses begins responsibility: music and emotion 􀀲􀁁  \n􀀔􀀖􀀘 􀀘􀀍􀀇􀀃􀀆 / The sublime lyrical abstractions of Edward W. Said 􀀱􀀱􀀽􀀊􀀃􀀔􀀖􀀅 􀀊􀀁􀀇􀀁􀀌􀀁􀀅􀀖 / Uses of aesthetics: after orientalism 􀀱􀀿􀀲  \n􀀇􀀁􀀎􀀙􀀖􀀆 􀀖 . 􀀊􀀙􀀁􀀐􀀖􀀆􀀖 / Edward W. Said and the American public sphere: speaking truth to power 􀀱􀀯􀀟  \n􀀂􀀁􀀇􀀂􀀁􀀇􀀁 􀀙􀀁􀀇􀀐􀀃􀀗 / Sappers in the stacks: colonial archives, land mines, and truth commissions 􀀱􀁀􀀯  \n􀀘􀀄􀀎􀀌􀀁􀀏􀀙􀀁 􀀘􀀁􀀇􀀇􀀃􀀄􀀋􀀙􀀖 / Counternarratives, recoveries, refusals 􀀱􀀳􀁁􀀁􀀁􀀘􀀖􀀇 􀀇. 􀀘􀀄􀀛􀀌􀀖 / Auerbach in Istanbul: Edward Said, secular criticism, and the question of minority culture 􀀟􀀟􀀲  \n􀀇􀀁􀀐􀀏􀀙 􀀏. 􀀐􀀃􀀋􀀊􀀍 / Exoticism and orientalism in music: problems for the worldly critic 􀀟􀀯􀁁  \nNotes  \nIndex  \n􀀟􀀳􀀿  \n􀀿􀀱􀀿  \nvi 􀀋􀀃􀀅􀀌􀀍􀀅􀀌􀀎  \nEdward Said and the work of the critic  \n􀀏􀀁􀀄􀀐 􀀁 . 􀀂 􀀃􀀒􀀓  \nIntroduction  \nI am for dialogue between cultures and coexistence between people: everything I have written about and struggled for has pointed to that as the goal. But I think real principle and real justice have to be implemented before there can be true dialogue.—Edward W. Said,‘‘The Limits to Cooperation,’’ in Peace and Its Discontents  \n􀀱  \nSaid’s work embodies three values essential to intellectual responsibility: breadth and depth of knowledge, historical and scholarly rigor, and a profound basis in political morality of a kind that alone makes civilization possible. Minus any one of these virtues, intellectuals become clerks, professionals with specialized interests and career ambitions.  \nThese are character virtues that form a career. They transform works into an oeuvre that depends on and projects the virtues of character, that embodies and forms them. They give the product of intellect shape and focus, and make it into a project that, despite its variations and appearances, has integrity that still needs to be identified and made exemplary.  \nThese virtues have guided Said in a career-long struggle to end conflict and further the effort to build civilizations whose cultures benefit from the coalescence of various peoples and their histories. In the name of justice between equals, dialogue can advance the construction of institutions and the telling of stories that both promote greater understanding and recognize, espe-","cbCaifYNWubkxgmn","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifYNWubkxgmn","pdf",1764690,327,"English","# Introduction\n## Edward Said talks to Jacqueline Rose\n## The panic of the visual: a conversation with Edward W. Said\n## Race before racism: the disappearance of the American\n## Criticism between opposition and counterpoint\n## The matter of language\n## In responses begins responsibility: music and emotion\n## The sublime lyrical abstractions of Edward W. Said\n## Uses of aesthetics: after orientalism\n## Edward W. Said and the American public sphere: speaking truth to power\n## Sappers in the stacks: colonial archives, land mines, and truth commissions\n## Counternarratives, recoveries, refusals\n## Auerbach in Istanbul: Edward Said, secular criticism, and the question of minority culture\n## Exoticism and orientalism in music: problems for the worldly critic\n# Notes\n# Index","[{\"question\":\"What core values does the introduction attribute to Said’s work?\",\"answer\":\"It highlights breadth and depth of knowledge, historical and scholarly rigor, and a profound basis in political morality that makes civilization possible.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the text explain the role of the intellectual in society?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that without those virtues, intellectuals become clerks with narrow specialization; with them, they can advance civilization through responsible public engagement.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the book suggest about dialogue between cultures?\",\"answer\":\"It links real principle and justice to the possibility of true dialogue, presenting dialogue as a means to support institutions and shared understanding.\"}]","Edward Said and the Work of the Critic - speaking truth to power | PDF",1789773663,504]