Waiting for the Barbarians: A Tribute to Edward Said Book

Preface Mariam Said Said, Mariam

Keynote Address Elias Khoury Khoury, Elias

Pt. I The Power of Literature

1 The Making of a Counter-Tradition Timothy Brennan Brennan, Timothy 3

2 The Political Edge of Fiction Jacqueline Rose Rose, Jacqueline 15

Pt. II Speaking Truth to Power

3 Orientalizing the Orientals: The Other Message of Edward Said Fawwaz Traboulsi Traboulsi, Fawwaz 33

4 Edward Said and Palestine: Balancing the Academic and the Political, the Public and the Private Rashid Khalidi Khalidi, Rashid 44

5 Edward Said and the Style of the Public Intellectual Saree Makdisi Makdisi, Saree 53

6 From Auerbach to Said in Istanbul: Saidian Publishing in Turkey Tuncay Birkan Birkan, Tuncay 66

Pt. III The Question of Palestine

7 The Saidian Fusion of Horizons Ilan Pappe Pappe, Ilan 83

8 Analyzing Palestine: Post-Mortem or Prognosis? Raja Shehadeh Shehadeh, Raja 93

9 The Role of Palestinian Intellectuals in the Collective Struggle for Palestinian Freedom Karma Nabulsi Nabulsi, Karma 108

10 Beginning with Edward Said Joseph A. Massad Massad, Joseph A. 121

Pt. IV Looking at Today Through Said's Lenses

11 Orientalism/Occidentalism: The Impasse of Modernity Meltem Ahiska Ahiska, Meltem 137

12 Said's Antinomies Harry Harootunian Harootunian, Harry 155

13 Said, Religion, and Secular Criticism Gauri Viswanathan Viswanathan, Gauri 164

14 On Blasphemy, Bigotry, and the Politics of Culture Talk Mahmood Mamdani Mamdani, Mahmood 176

Notes on Editors and Contributors 185

Index 194