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Humanism and Democratic Criticism Author: Edward W. Said Publisher: Central Compilation and Translation Press Original title: Humanism and Democratic Criticism
Humanism and Democratic Criticism Author: Edward W. Said Publisher: Central Compilation and Translation Press Original title: Humanism and Democratic Criticism
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Introduction · · · · · ·
【Content Introduction】
"All that is inherent in man, I have." This motto is old-fashioned but still touching. In the speeches in this book, Said set two boundaries for the humanism he firmly believed in: one is to find a certain characteristic for humanism to distinguish humans from nature, the supernatural, and the transcendental; the other is the desire to respect everything about human beings. In the former boundary, he cited Vico's views on history and elaborated on them; in the latter, he made a learned and magnificent argument for cultural pluralism. Said's argument gave humanism a rigorous and intellectual texture, providing an inexhaustible source of ideological motivation for those who try to get rid of dogmatism.
About the Author · · · · · ·
【About the author】
Edward W. Said (1935-2003) is one of the most influential literary and cultural critics and public intellectuals today. He is the founder of the academic field of "postcolonial studies", a famous music critic, opera connoisseur and pianist, and a former professor of literature at Columbia University in the United States. In 1963, Said joined the Department of English Literature and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, where he worked and taught until his death in 2003. While teaching at Columbia University, Said also served as a visiting scholar and adjunct professor at Harvard University, Yale University and other higher education institutions. In addition, he has given lectures at more than 200 universities in North America, Europe and the Middle East. Said's growth, education and academic experience have enabled him to have in-depth thinking on issues such as ethnicity, multiculturalism and power. While inheriting the ideas and views of Foucault, Gramsci, Adorno and others, he has pioneered a broader and deeper field of cultural research. Said's continued attention to and interpretation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has made him the most eloquent spokesperson for Palestine in the Western world. His other works include Orientalism, Culture and Imperialism, On Intellectuals, and The Politics of Displacement: Palestinian Self-Determination.
