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Edward Said is one of the most celebrated cultural critics of the post-war world. Of his many books of literary, political and philosophical criticism, at least two have become classics. As a thinker, Said's career spans literature, politics, music, philosophy and history. As a dispossessed Palestinian growing up in the Middle East and subsequently living in the USA, he has witnessed the impact of the Second World War upon the Arab world, the dissolution of Palestine and the birth of Israel, the rise of Nasser and the PLO, the Lebanese Civil War and the faltering peace process of the 1990s. As a result, the publication of Said's memoir, Out of Place, is a particularly significant event. This is a fascinating account of the personal development of a critic and thinker who has straddled the divide between East and West and in the process has redefined Western perceptions of the East and of the plight of Palestinian people. However, as the title suggests, Said's memoir is a far more ambivalent and, at times, personally painful account of his early years in Palestine, Egypt and the Lebanon, and the often paralysing embrace of his loving but often overbearing parents. Said's memoir is powerfully informed by his sense of personally, geographically and linguistically "always being out of place". Born to Christian parents, caught between expressing himself in Arabic, English and French, Said evokes a vivid but often very unhappy portrait of growing up in Cairo and the Lebanon under the crushing weight of his emotionally intense and ambitious family. The early sections of the book paint a poignant picture of the oppressive regime established over the awkward, painfully uncertain young "Edward" by his loving mother and expectant, unforgiving father. Those expecting an account of Said's subsequent intellectual development will be disappointed; apart from the final 50 pages that deal with Said's education at Princeton and Harvard, Out of Place is, as Said says, primarily "a record of an essentially lost or forgotten world, my early life". Composed in the light of serious illness, Out of Place is an elegantly written reflection on a life that has movingly come to terms with "being not quite right and out of place". --Jerry Brotton
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Edward Said is one of the most celebrated cultural critics of the post-war world. Of his many books of literary, political and philosophical criticism, at least two have become classics. Orientalism is a brilliant analysis of how Europe came to dominate the Orient through the creation the myth of the exotic East, while the monumental Culture and Imperialism has redefined our understanding of the impact of European imperialism upon the shape of modern culture. As a thinker, Said's career spans literature, politics, music, philosophy and history. As a dispossessed Palestinian growing up in the Middle East and subsequently living in the USA, he has witnessed the impact of the Second World War upon the Arab world, the dissolution of Palestine and the birth of Israel, the rise of Nasser and the PLO, the Lebanese Civil War, and the faltering peace process of the 1990s. As a result, the publication of Said's memoir, Out of Place is a particularly significant event. This is a fascinating account of the personal development of a critic and thinker who has straddled the divide between East and West and in the process has redefined Western perceptions of the East and of the plight of Palestinian people.
However, as the title suggests, Said's memoir is a far more ambivalent and at times personally painful account of his early years in Palestine, Egypt and the Lebanon, and the often paralysing embrace of his loving but often overbearing parents. Said's memoir is powerfully informed by his sense of personally, geographically and linguistically "always being out of place." Born to Christian parents, caught between expressing himself in Arabic, English and French, Said evokes a vivid but often very unhappy portrait of growing up in Cairo and the Lebanon under the crushing weight of his emotionally intense and ambitious family. The early sections of the book paint a poignant picture of the oppressive regime established over the awkward, painfully uncertain young "Edward" by his loving mother and expectant, unforgiving father, both of whom cast the longest emotional shadows over the book. Those expecting an account of Said's subsequent intellectual development will be disappointed; apart from the final 50 pages that deal with Said's education at Princeton and Harvard, Out of Place is, as Said says, primarily "a record of an essentially lost or forgotten world, my early life." It is this carefully disclosed record that accounts for Said's deeply conflicting relationship towards both his family and the Palestinian cause. Composed in the light of serious illness, Out of Place is an elegantly written reflection on a life which has movingly come to terms with "being not quite right and out of place." - -Jerry Brotton -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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As a german palestinian it was refreshing for me reading "out of
place". His late mother and my mother were very close friends,
thus I came to know more of the background of this great and decent
scholar. This intellectual is a detergent in these mendacious
times.
place". His late mother and my mother were very close friends,
thus I came to know more of the background of this great and decent
scholar. This intellectual is a detergent in these mendacious
times.
Times that are paved with the mendacity and filth of Justus Weiner and
his advocates.
Dr. Said Essaid
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This book is thoroughly engaging. The sense of displacement articulated by Said, particularly when it is experienced in one's own surroundings, is acute. Surviving Cairo in the fories with a name like Edward (not to mention cousins George, Robert and Albert) must have been grueling. But the diplacement is deeper than that and its many manifestations are present at every turn.
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A sensitive treasure of a book, offering rare insights into the early life of one of our finest thinkers. Richly-drawn settings in Palestine, Cairo, and Lebanon, with fascinating details of school-life, friendships and the perplexing struggle of growing up in many places. A provocative journey examining complexities of exile and mysteries of families. Stunning prose, unforgettably honest and beautiful.
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Die Person Edward Said sticht aus der Menge der Intellektuellen, die sich mit dem Nahen Osten beschaeftigt haben, durch seine enorme Energie und treffsichere Beobachtungsgabe... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 5. September 2005 von xristoph
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Saids Memoiren enttäuschen durch zu viel Larmoyanz - erwartet hatte ich auch viel mehr zu den politischen Umständen in Nahost, aber Fehlanzeige: es geht fast nur um Saids... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 26. Juli 2002 veröffentlicht
The Usual "Feel Sorry for Me" Drivel
Is self-pity artistic and meaninful? Not in my estimation. As an Arab-American who really grew up in poverty, I found this book unbearable and finally gave up some 200 pages into... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 17. Juli 2000 von Hassan Khoury
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
It was unlucky for Edward Said's long-awaited memoir to coincide with the expose by Justus Reid Wiener, writing in Commentary (9/99), on Said's past representations of his early... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 8. Juni 2000 von Daniel Mandel
Out of Place, Out of Mind...
Edward Said's latest memoir is oddly devoid of the anti-Israel polemics that have characterized virtually all of his prior output. Considering Mr. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 1. Februar 2000 veröffentlicht
Always the Victim
Even in Edward Said's memoir of childhood, the reader is invited to another pity party. He portrays himself as the victim at every juncture. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 4. Januar 2000 von Chambier Bechtel
Excellent Account of the Awkward Childhood of a Just Man
We were all expecting something associated with Edward Said from this work: something political, something Palestinian, something anti-colonial, something leftist, somethign... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 21. Dezember 1999 von Arthur C. Hurwitz
An engaging coming-of-age story
Out of Place is a great examination of the difficulties (and rewards) of cultural hybridization. Due to the storm of criticism and subsequent rebuttal that greeted the book, I... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 13. Dezember 1999 von Bukkene Bruse
Out of Place but very much to the point !
Prof. Said has indeed articulated his inner feelings and deep thoughts surrounding a crucial part of his life with an eloquence that is difficult to match. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 5. Dezember 1999 von Hani Badawi
Unfailingly interesting
This book challenges the orthodoxies and assumptions of Israeli Eurocentrism. Said, the most eloquent critic of Western imperialism in the world, has once again taken on cowardly... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 24. November 1999 von Gwen
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