Power, Politics, and Culture
by Edward W. Said
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Author: Edward W. SaidEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-08-27
ISBN: 1400030668
Number of pages: 512
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: Edward Said was raised as a Christian
Summary: 2 Stars
I assumed, naturally, that he was a Muslim. The news was an astounding revelation.
The question now becomes, why was Said not supportive of Christians and Jews? Why did he never speak out about the systematic destruction of Judaism and Christianity in the Holy Lands, which were holy to Jews and Christians centuries before Muslims conquered the region? Why so lacking in sympathy for his own people? Did Said become like that when he realized it was the way to success among his liberal colleagues at American universities? Was he always like that?
I regarded Said as a man arguing for his own people. I did not agree with him, but I respected him and expected nothing else from him. Now I see him in a different light.
Everything that Said says about western conquest and imperialism could be said about Islam, the Chinese, the Russians, the Japanese, and others. The Crusades were a response to the jihads, which had gone on for many centuries, that had been waged against Christendom and everything else that was not Muslim. Yet Said talks the usual way as if no one but the west had ever conquered other nations.
Everyone is the other to someone. Blacks are the other to the Chinese. The Chinese are the other to Indians. Indians are the other to the Africans. This is human nature, not, as Said would have it, a feature exclusive to western people or whites.
A comparison of the two styles of conquest shows clearly that while the conquered can escape from western imperialism, they never escape from Islamic conquest and forcible conversion. North Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Asia, all those parts that are now Muslim were once Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, or something else. But we would be astonished if today a Buddhist or a Christian said that he was obligated to hate Muslims forever.
I am sorry to see that Said is no different from any western liberal that has little regard for his own people and culture.
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