Representations of the Intellectual by Edward W. Said (PDF)

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In these six essays–delivered on the BBC as the prestigious Reith Lectures–Edward Said addresses the ways in which the intellectual can best serve society in the light of a heavily compromised media and of special interest groups who are protected at the cost of larger community concerns. Said suggests a recasting of the intellectual’s vision to resist the lures of power, money, and specialization. In these pieces, Said eloquently illustrates his arguments by drawing on such writers as Antonio Gramsci, Jean-Paul Sartre, Regis Debray, Julien Benda, and Theodore Adorno, and by discussing current events and celebrated figures in the world of science and politics: Robert Oppenheimer, Henry Kissinger, Dan Quayle, Vietnam and the Gulf War. Said sees the modern intellectual as an editor, journalist, academic, or political adviser–in other words, a highly specialized professional–who has moved from a position of independence to an alliance with powerful corporate, institutional, or governmental organizations. He concludes that it is the exile-immigrant, the expatriate, and the amateur who must uphold the traditional role of the intellectual as the voice of integrity and courage, able to speak out against those in power.

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⭐Mr Edward Said is one of the best writers of our time.

⭐I love this book makes u think!!!!

⭐Celebrated literary and cultural critic,Edward Said, sees the intellectual as a scholar whose role it is to speak the truth to power even at the risk of ostracism, imprisonment or death. As he puts it,”Real intellectuals…are supposed to risk being burned at the stake, ostracized, or crucified”(7).He further contends that “the hardest aspect of being an intellectual is to represent what you profess through your work and interventions, without hardening into an institution or a kind of automaton acting at the behest of a system…”(121).According to this visionary, any intellectual who claims to write only for himself or herself, or for the sake of pure learning, or abstract science is not be, and must not be believed.In sum, Representations of the Intellectual (1994) is the masterly work of a literary colossus that should be read by all and sundry regardless of fields of specialization because it touches on a myriad of human interest sore points. I would recommend it to teachers and students alike.

⭐this is one of the best books I have ever read in my life. a good start for whoever interested in the debate around the intellectuals. Edward Said is a writer of Renascence, a man of letters in his style and versatile in his interests.

⭐I found Said’s view of the role of the intellectual in our society incredibly illuminating and refreshing. His perspective in regards to the intellectual as exile, either real or imagined, is quite insightful. All in all the books provides readers with the intellectual ammunition to continue in the struggle in favor of ideas, committment and truly democratic thought. An excellent read!!!

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