Edward Said: Orientalism April 16, 2003

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Edward Said: Orientalism April 16, 2003

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Edward Said (November 1, 1935 - September 25, 2003) delivering the concluding lecture of an Orientalism conference . He was Columbia University Professor of English and Comparative Literature, literary theorist, cultural critic, advocate for Palestinian rights, and a founding figure in postcolonialism. His book, Orientalism, explores the "subtle and persistent Eurocentric prejudice against Arabo-Islamic peoples and their culture." camera: Joe Friendly

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@cheri238 Ай бұрын

Thank you, Edward Said, for all your writings and lectures. One of our greatest thinkers of the 20th century. This is 2024. Free Palestine.

@shohrehhejazi8308 9 ай бұрын

Dearest man you must be in a better place now ! This world needs minds and hearts like your ! ❤❤❤😢😢😢😢

@willshore2506 10 жыл бұрын

I greatly admire Edward Said. Here he is still passionate about the Palestinian people, and about going beyond the CNN and ignorant war drum beat that arises seemingly endlessly in the US. He argues for humanism, for understanding history, and to avoid the mistakes of empire and imposing brute force to solve problems when it only destroys people and countries. He was a courageous man, an American citizen, a scholar, and a humanist. This is perhaps his valedictory address. He is as passionate as ever, and to die only a few months later of his long fought cancer. What a great man he was! totally admirable scholar, humanist, American and Palestinian.

@brainwash431 11 жыл бұрын

What a gracious intellectual, The world has lost a great intellectual, May your Soul rest in Perfect Peace Prof.

@Reihanism73 3 жыл бұрын

I wish I was there when he was still among us... God bless him. Thank you for allowing us to learn the things we need to learn about ourselves!

@DelhamMouza 3 жыл бұрын

I love how the reaction and the standing applause were recorded. I want to feel like we are still in that moment.

@Meeruez 4 жыл бұрын

Its 2020 and Said is still loved among academics as equally as when he was alive.

@mohammadshahade8753 5 жыл бұрын

Edward Said never dies.. one of the top 10 minds at the 20th century. rist in peace.. and live.

@Crimsonbonnet 11 жыл бұрын

Thoughtful, provocative and intelligent, Edward Said speaks from his heart with sublime rhetorical skill. Thank you for challenging simplistic, essentialising discourse of the other. RIP

@Voices4justices 12 жыл бұрын

can not believe that i can watch Edward Said finaly, could listen his voice when he is no more with us, i loved his writings since 1990s.

@khaliddurrani6432 2 жыл бұрын

No doubt his is one of sanest voices of Humanism, preaching moral ethics, social Justice and fair play. Pity his critics misconstrue his anti imperialism with anti-Americanism or anti-Westrenism.

@amnamanzoor6872 Жыл бұрын

Hey Khalid! You’re on point. But I think there’s a subtle meaning which I construe whenever I read his book and watch his lectures on Orientalism. I think we shouldn’t limit the term Orient to specific geographical lands. An Orient is in general anyone who was colonised and suffocated. Based on this premise, America in itself is an Orient as it has also been a victim of European colonisation. What are your thoughts on it?

@africanfromafrica 11 жыл бұрын

Great stuff. It is up to the next generation of activists and scholars to carry the torch where he left it. There is still much work to be done in a rapidly changing world.

@mg7798 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

@bankimkulshreshtha8695 5 жыл бұрын

The greatest amongst the galaxy of socio politico geographical intellectuals Adverd Said,we learn much from such original minds

@gcaggiano114 11 жыл бұрын

We all should miss him, regardless of what we think the truth is, if ever truth existed. May his thoughts make the world a better place to live

@drjaydeepchakrabarty 4 жыл бұрын

Following the footsteps of the Great Master who made us see

@DJPASCARDA 12 жыл бұрын

HE DOESNT SEEM SICK AT ALL HE WAS ON EARTH FOR A PURPOSE AND AFTER COMPLETED GOD TOOK HIM BACK

@theeninja1918 5 жыл бұрын

I was introduced to Said’s writings in my Chinese Society and Culture class. This whole misinterpreting eastern culture is still greatly seen in present times.

@cwtpblog 11 жыл бұрын

RIP Said, I love you

@altafkumail904 2 жыл бұрын

The great intellectual of 20th century.

@mohamedfarouk9452 10 жыл бұрын

اتمنى ان تترجم لقاءات ومحاضرات ادوارد سعيد الى العربية من المتخصصين حتى يكون مرجع للباحثين والمهتمين

@charackthe 6 жыл бұрын

Teaching with Columbia, at Edward Said.

@barryhillman3644 11 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest minds there ever existed on the side of justice. There was a time when President Obama or the then Senator Obama used to feel Professor Said made a lot of sense.Yeah, but then at the time the president himself was for the most part on the side of justice and not the drone-hugging leader of the "free world". Besides when did zionism & justice go together? The world could be blessed with one & only one Edward Said but it sure could do with a million more. Thanks for the vid!

@barryhillman3644 11 жыл бұрын

@traccan 14 жыл бұрын

@BerlinerOmar In his books, he focussed mainly on European Orientalism; only a few chapters were concerned with American orientalist representations. Orientalism reached its apogee during the colonial period from 1600-1945; then the process of decolonization changed the landscape, sometimes for the better, not always.

@sam64 12 жыл бұрын

I'm not being rude, but if you're in a hurry head to 5:28 for when the lecture starts

@LearningAutomata 14 жыл бұрын

this lecture is five months before his death(form cancer).

@hailusheleme6328 9 жыл бұрын

Edward is right! We are looking the issues in front of us!

@mustafakandan2103 9 ай бұрын

I prefer Edward Said as a formidable and perceptive music critic. In that field he was purely motivated by enthusiasm & free of the bitterness and resentment towards the West that characterised his other work.

@beadmecreative9485 9 ай бұрын

you really haven’t read him if that’s what you think about his work. You have grossly reduced his great intellect as “hate for the west”. Shame on you, mustafa

@fariedbadjeber-ds6zv 8 ай бұрын

💚💚

@joshuawilson3827 12 жыл бұрын

April 16th is my B-day! :)

@AlemanJuan 12 жыл бұрын

@Shido1155 "it's good to be an intellectual, i like being influential. the book orientalism was mostly outside my field, blah blah" and people cheering and shouting "said, said!" this is just a rough outline.

@wadiefaridhaddad7429 10 ай бұрын

❤

@fabiengerard8142 Жыл бұрын

🙏🏻♥️🙏🏽♥️🙏

@ShadiKassermally 12 жыл бұрын

can anyone summarize this video for me ????

@sohailajaved3278 2 жыл бұрын

Wow

@TheAwesomeGingerGuy 2 жыл бұрын

who gave the introduction?

@apexxxx10 10 жыл бұрын

kiitos

@RachelDerGolem 10 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, Dr. Said didn't live long enough to see the Syrian civil war.

@ahmed337799 10 жыл бұрын

Fortunately, a lowlife like you would never reach the height of Dr Edward's legacy.

@RachelDerGolem 10 жыл бұрын

Legacy of what?

@ahmed337799 10 жыл бұрын

u know

@IbrahimEBilici 8 жыл бұрын

+Rachel Golem It is not a civil war, it is neocolonialism greed...

@RachelDerGolem 8 жыл бұрын

Ibrahim E. Bilici I don't care what you call it. As long as they continue to kill each other I will be enjoying it. Suggestion: Why don't you figure out a way to get "Zionists" to chop each other's heads off?

@alselwimw 5 жыл бұрын

@oliverconant4516 9 жыл бұрын

Feeble

@tereziamarkova2822 7 жыл бұрын

I actually admire Said's work. Both scholars and laics knowing his work are torn apart wheter to dismiss him as a "butthurt (which he is) or adore his clever observations (which his work is undoubtedly full of). My view of his persona omits neither: yes, he is, indeed, full of shit and his rampant antiamericanism and antiisrealism (I refuse to use the term "antiemitism", as it would warp both the context and target of his hate) often prevents him from attempts to look at the situation objectively, but on the other hand he often has a point and brings something new to the discussion. I would say he's Karl Marx of modern era; controversial, yes, and also often misled, but great in that he brought new point of view to the discussion on his chosen topic.

@maiachryseis 14 жыл бұрын

Whao... ... Edward Said really hates the American government dude.... haha... On a literary note, he is only focusing on American Orientalism. Those who know Ideological criticism might wanna use this critical technique to consider what he just said.

@jonnsmith180 10 жыл бұрын

Orientalism is about Said personally, his own feelings of lack of self worth, perceiving himself as powerless victim,etc. He then projects these feelings on Arabs. This is what I resent. The world would be a better place if Said had gotten psychotherapy to understand himself instead of writing his pitiful book.

@tmuna23 10 жыл бұрын

Instead of attacking Said, you would do better to discuss the specific ways in which you disagree with his work. In my opinion, Said did not offer a vision of "the Orient" as victims. Actually, he often places blame squarely on Oriental leaders. He might argue that some of the "victims" in this scenario are the general Western public that endure the misrepresentation of the Orient by power brokers who perpetuate selfish goals. His ultimate hope was to elevate the dialogue about the Middle East and the Orient in order to reveal deeper truths. There is no way to solve complex problems without fully understanding the reality in which they are grounded.

@jonnsmith180 10 жыл бұрын

tmuna23 Thank you for confirmation that you do not know the motivation and reasons for Saids Orientalist absurdities. I attacked Said because his motivations were as much a problem as his now debunked ideas. Read Defending the West by Ibn Warraq for a systematic PARAGRAPH by PARAGRAPH refutation and destruction of Saids bullsh %t. An apologetic response is all too typical of the pandering empathy that is counter-productive when dealing with delusional belief.

@tmuna23 10 жыл бұрын

jonnsmith180 In this video, Said reveals his motivations. He says, "I've called what I try to do humanism...Humanism is the only, and I would go so far as to say, the final resistance we have against the inhuman practices and injustices that disfigure human history." (27min) Critique him as you wish, but I believe his writing and teaching forwarded that noble goal.

@jonnsmith180 10 жыл бұрын

tmuna23 If you are relying solely upon this video to discern Saids motivations then I can understand some confusion. Long after Said wrote @ Orientalism and the refutations started debunking his position(s) he embraced the idea of "humanism" to save his arse eputation. Respectfully, you do not seem to know much about Said. Thinking apologetics is noble? As stated, read Defending the West by Ibn Warraq and then return and try to support your misconceptions and incorrect belief @ Said.

@tmuna23 10 жыл бұрын

jonnsmith180 I look forward to learning more about Said's beliefs by reading more of his writings as well as those of his critics. Thanks for the recommendation.

@barryhillman3644 11 жыл бұрын