Edward Said With Noam Chomsky, on Palestine

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A collection of publicly recorded audio lectures by Dr. Edward Said on various topics. This collection has been uploaded to all to enjoy.
Edward Wadie Said (Arabic pronunciation: [wædiːʕ sæʕiːd]; Arabic: إدوارد وديع سعيد‎, Idwārd Wadīʿ Saʿīd; 1 November 1935 - 25 September 2003) was a Palestinian American literary theorist and public intellectual who helped found the critical-theory field of postcolonialism. Born in Jerusalem in Mandatory Palestine to Palestinian parents resident in Egypt, he was an American citizen through his father. Said spent his childhood in Jerusalem and Cairo, where he attended elite British and American schools. Subsequently he left for the United States, where he obtained a bachelor's degree from Princeton and a doctorate in English literature from Harvard. Said then joined the faculty of Columbia University in 1963, where he became professor of English and comparative literature in 1991.
As a cultural critic, Said is best known for the 1978 book Orientalism. In it, he analyses the cultural representations that are the basis of Orientalism, a term he redefined to refer to the West's patronizing perceptions and depictions of Middle Eastern, Asian and North African societies-"the East". He contended that Orientalist scholarship was, and remains, inextricably tied to the imperialist societies that produced it, which makes much of the work inherently political, servile to power, and thus intellectually suspect. Orientalism is based upon Said's knowledge of colonial literature, literary theory, and poststructuralism. Said's works proved influential in the humanities[citation needed], especially in literary theory, and had a transformative impact on Middle Eastern studies[citation needed], whose practitioners began to study how they examine, describe, and define Middle Eastern cultures[vague]. Said vigorously discussed and debated the cultural subjects comprised by Orientalism, especially as applied to history and area studies; nonetheless, some mainstream academics disagreed with the theory, most notably Bernard Lewis.
As a public intellectual, Said discussed culture, literature, music and contemporary politics. Drawing from his family experiences as Palestinian Christians in the Middle East around the time Israel was established in 1948, Said argued for the establishment of a Palestinian state. Further, he was an advocate for equal political and human rights for Palestinians in Israel, and urged the U.S. to pressure Israel to grant and respect these rights. Said was described by journalist Robert Fisk as the Palestinian people's "most powerful political voice". Nevertheless, he also criticized the Arab and Muslim regimes who acted against the interests of their peoples. Intellectually active until the last months of his life, he died of leukemia in late 2003.

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@3Okshah 7 ай бұрын

sadness and despair strike when one realizes that a 1999 lecture about the origins of the Palestinian tragedy was relevant at the time and is still very much relevant to the events taking place in 2023!

@stloupenbray 6 ай бұрын

History is long--as MLK said, its "arc" is long, "but it bends toward justice."

@kennethmarshall306 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for giving us the date of this lecture. It’s always annoying when the date isn’t given

@az6802 2 жыл бұрын

A Christian man and a Jewish man fighting for the rights of a predominately Muslim group. This is humanity ! Love live Noam and Edward.

@37Dionysos 7 ай бұрын

Well said! Truth is before the 1940s arrival of the Euro-Jewish racists, they all lived together in peace for generations. Wonderful film of elders who remember: "The Land Speaks Arabic" here on YT.

@urthogie 7 ай бұрын

@@37Dionysos There were terrorist attacks in 1929 (Hebron massacre)

@beadmecreative9485 7 ай бұрын

@@urthogiewhat about the everyday terrorism the Israeli government does??

@fafolaw 7 ай бұрын

@@37Dionysos Tell that to the victims of the Hebron massacre

@haveaseatplease 7 ай бұрын

This attack was instigated by the people whom suffer from imperial grandeur delusions (the British) and their politics of divide and rule which was enforced by the Balfour Declaration of 1917. Ever since the more or less peaceful coexistence of the Sephardi Jews and the Palestinians is replaced by never ending friction and violence. At that time there was also a minority of Ashkenazi Jews, but they were not integrated with the locals (not with the Palestinians and also not with the Sephardi Jews). @@urthogie

@eleftherialogou 6 ай бұрын

Being an intellectual is not about how educated one is , it's about thinking about the problems of society and say all wrongdoings loudly no matter what the consequences would be. Noam Chomsky never kept quiet but said it all out loud in the name of the impoverished nations and people.

@stloupenbray 6 ай бұрын

And as of today--Nov 24, 2023--he'z still doing it!

@yayaruiz9258 3 жыл бұрын

Edward Said passed away in 2003, I believe. His death was lamentable as I consider him a key academic supporting the fate of Palestine and the Palestinians.

@cavendish009 3 жыл бұрын

You should read "Palestine is My Country" written by Geoffrey Furlonge about Musa Alami - a Palestinian who had to leave his family home in Jerusalem and become a refugee. He was a prominent politician fighting for the Palestinians.

@stloupenbray 6 ай бұрын

Yes, Said was the best kind of public intellectual! But Chomsky has carried on his work, Unfortunately, Chomsky is, himself, very old.

@fabiengerard8142 Ай бұрын

@@stloupenbray*Both will always be among us. Best teachers ever. True masters.

@masudawan8357 3 жыл бұрын

This talk must be listened to by everyone in the Western Hemisphere.

@Federico-kh4br 7 ай бұрын

Could not more agree!

@epic6434 4 ай бұрын

Thank God it's in English 😂

@jfahmy1 3 жыл бұрын

Wow what a gem! Thanks!

@amalkeisaniah2040 5 ай бұрын

Two wonderful bridges ❤❤

@sureshabreu3171 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for uploading this...

@leftalonetalking991 3 жыл бұрын

I just found this, thanks so much for uploading these

@inconvenient-truth99 8 ай бұрын

Very nice discussion. Thank you

@amanderik 3 ай бұрын

Indeed, the heroes of our time.

@jennyhirschowitz1999 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this important discourse available. Miss jenny

@37Dionysos 7 ай бұрын

THANK YOU

@medicuswashington9870 6 ай бұрын

I am grateful to Professor Noam Chomsky for

@HasanKhanjar Жыл бұрын

cant there be captions please

@platero814 3 ай бұрын

Edward Said figure continues growing

@JasonCunliffe 2 ай бұрын

This Lecture was recorded 1999

@rational-public-discourse 7 ай бұрын

Edward Said talks about the history of the expulsion of the Palestinians in 1948 beginning around 43 minutes and 30 seconds.

@rational-public-discourse 7 ай бұрын

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKGzdneXhr14rK8 1:09:42

@rational-public-discourse 6 ай бұрын

I was wrong, he wasn't tortured using a treatment that caused "great chills," but he does say that others have been giving this treatment as a form of torture.

@mernawells7839 4 ай бұрын

Brilliant!

@richardD.dedekind 6 ай бұрын

Edward said a lot with Noam Chomsky!

@richardD.dedekind 6 ай бұрын

Free Palestine!

@omerdemir6173 7 жыл бұрын

what's the year?

@Makrania 3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps 1999? Said mentions 1948 being 51 years earlier, and 1967 being 32 years earlier.

@profcarberry6397 7 жыл бұрын

Edward Said at 42:28

@3476539060 5 жыл бұрын

save some 40 minute for us! :) Thanks!

@gamingwithslacker 3 жыл бұрын

@@3476539060 lol Chomsky is pretty good too.

@lonelycubicle 10 ай бұрын

I guess Chomsky went past 30 minutes

@tauriqabdullah6130 3 жыл бұрын

Where's the q and a?

@lonelycubicle 10 ай бұрын

Also where the two talk to each other for 15 minutes.

@irenezafar966 6 ай бұрын

i hesitate to comment because my own intellectual grasp is less than that of these two men by far, but i write this: the occupation is itself a brutality (59.20) and - under the fact of it - all actions on the part of the occupier upon the occupied are brutal - that's to say, deny the man occupied the use of his mind (jibcorrect). with deep respect, irene p.s. ...to keep them there? read The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck and you will learn how and why all occupations of soneone else's house will founder ... messily (1.09.15)

@ssbphotography 7 ай бұрын

Noam chomksy n-word pass 7:13

@adamazzalino5247 7 ай бұрын

He was quoting a primary source, it was the former PM David Lloyd George who said it, but okay man.

@rascalkr4967 7 ай бұрын

Get a life.

@myla6135 7 ай бұрын

And? Did that have you under the table cowering? Or outside screaming? Pathetic.

@Tesla_Death_Ray 6 ай бұрын

Use vs Mention is completely different. Saying otherwise is giving the word mystical power.

@robertbentley3589 3 ай бұрын

And the world goes on. Nice when there are adults in the room.

@sonarbangla8711 6 ай бұрын

Learned Jews like Chomsky and Sanders will start from 1948 and never mention their scripture that declares a homeland in Egypt. They take it granted that American crime of occupying Palestine isn't a Jewish problem. so talking about a homeland in Egypt doesn't arise (even though the Israelis want Hamas to be transferred to Sinai, but never talk about transferring Israelis to Egypt because that solves the problem. I have no respect for Chomsky or Sanders.