Edward Said

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Person
gptkb:Cultural_Commentary
gptkb:literary_analysis
gptkb:Professor
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:American_University_of_Beirut
gptkb:The_New_York_Review_of_Books
gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkbp:awards gptkb:The_American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters
gptkb:Lannan_Literary_Award
gptkb:The_Jerusalem_Prize
gptkb:The_Edward_Said_Award
gptkb:The_Edward_Said_National_Award_for_Cultural_Freedom
gptkbp:birth_date November 1, 1935
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Jerusalem
gptkbp:born November 1, 1935
gptkbp:children gptkb:Najla_Said
Bashir Said
Zahi Said
gptkbp:contribution Cultural studies
Literary criticism
Postcolonial theory
gptkbp:death_date September 25, 2003
gptkbp:died September 25, 2003
gptkbp:ethnicity Arab
gptkbp:famous_quote " The idea of a 'clash of civilizations' is a dangerous one."
" The Orient was almost a European invention."
" We are all the products of our own history."
" The West has a long history of misrepresenting the East."
" There is no such thing as a single, unified culture."
gptkbp:field gptkb:literature
Criticism
Cultural studies
Political science
Postcolonial studies
postcolonial studies
comparative literature
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edward Said
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Edward_W._Said
gptkb:Homi_K._Bhabha
gptkb:Gayatri_Chakravorty_Spivak
Cultural studies
Literary theory
Postcolonial studies
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Antonio_Gramsci
gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche
gptkb:Michel_Foucault
gptkb:Karl_Marx
gptkbp:known_for Advocacy for Palestinian rights
Critique of Western representations of the East
Academic contributions to literary criticism
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Israel
gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Orientalism
Culture and Imperialism
The Question of Palestine
gptkbp:notable_works gptkb:Orientalism
gptkb:Covering_Islam
Culture and Imperialism
The Question of Palestine
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Cultural_Commentary
gptkb:Professor
gptkb:literary_criticism
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Jerusalem
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:spouse Marie-Therese A. Said
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:German_Empire
gptkb:Palestine
gptkb:Hans_Morgenthau
gptkb:The_Fateful_Triangle
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4