A groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East that is--decades after its first publication--one of the most important books written about our divided world. "Intellectual history on a high order ... and very exciting."...
The noted critic and a Palestinian now teaching at Columbia University,examines the way in which the West observes the Arabs.
En estos tiempos en que los medios de comunicaci n nos inundan y se ven inundados por im genes y estereotipos que se refieren al Islam y a los musulmanes, Edward W. Said nos ofrece una descripci n rigurosa y esclarecedora de la formaci n y desarrollo de estas ideas recibidas...