by Edward W. Said · DEBATE · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483066713
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«Humanismo y crítica democrática» is the philosophical essay by Edward W. Said, published by Debate in paperback (192 pages, in Spanish).
Edward W. Said defends humanist education and democratic values against contemporary consumerism and neoliberal thought. He proposes a dialogue between different cultural traditions to revitalise the humanities and bring culture closer to people; reading understood as learning allows us to question and reformulate the world. For Said, words are indispensable agents of historical and political change.
Work translated from English by Ricardo García Pérez, in the Essay and Thought collection. First edition published on 16 June 2006.
Aimed at readers of philosophy, political theory and cultural criticism, and at those interested in the public role of intellectuals.
Edward Wadie Said was a Palestinian and American academic, literary critic, and political activist. As a professor of literature at Columbia University, he was among the founders of post-colonial studies. As a cultural critic, Said is best known for his book Orientalism (1978), a foundational text which critiques the cultural representations that are the bases of Orientalism—how the Western world perceives the Orient. His model of textual analysis transformed the academic discourse of researchers in literary theory, literary criticism, and Middle Eastern studies.
