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Edward Said

The Long Shadow of the Debate Between Edward Said and Michael Walzer

Said vs. Walzer

Revisiting the intellectual confrontation between the literary theorist Edward Said and the political philosopher Michael Walzer today illuminates the ways liberal Zionism both invests in, and disavows, its ethno-religious fantasies.

Edward Said’s Cultural Universalism and Love of Opera

Edward Said’s Cultural Symphony

Edward Said’s writings on opera show a side of the famous Palestinian academic and activist little appreciated today — his enduring belief in cultural universalism. His legacy cannot be captured without taking into account what his lifelong passion for classical music meant to his broader corpus.