Places of Mind

书名：Places of MindALifeofEdwardSaid
作者：TimothyBrennan/蒂莫西·布伦南
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ISBN：9781526614650
出版社：BloomsburyPublishing
出版时间：2021-3-18
格式：epub/mobi/azw3/pdf
页数：464
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书籍简介：

Drawing on extensive archival sources and hundreds of interviews, Timothy Brennan's Places of Mind is the first comprehensive biography of Said, one of the most controversial and celebrated intellectuals of the 20th century. In Brennan's masterful work, Said, the pioneer of post-colonial studies, a tireless champion for his native Palestine, and an erudite literary critic, emerges as a self-doubting, tender, and eloquent advocate of literature's dramatic effects on politics and civic life. Places of the Mind charts the intertwined routes of Said's intellectual development, revealing him as a study in opposites: a cajoler and strategist, a New York intellectual with a foot in Beirut, an orchestra impresario in Weimar and Ramallah, a raconteur on national television, a Palestinian negotiator at the State Department, and an actor in films in which he played himself. Brennan traces the Arab influences of Said's thinking along with his tutelage under Lebanese statesmen, off-beat modernist auteurs, and New York literati, as Said grew into a scholar whose influential writings changed the face of university life forever. With both intimidating brilliance and charm, Said turned these resources into a groundbreaking counter-tradition of radical humanism, set against the backdrop of techno-scientific dominance and religious war. With unparalleled clarity, Said gave the humanities a new authority in the age of Reaganism that continues today. Drawing on the testimonies of family, friends, students, and antagonists alike, and aided by FBI files, unpublished writing, and Said's drafts of novels and personal letters, Places of the Mind captures Said's intellectual breadth and influence in an unprecedented, intimate, and compelling portrait of one of the great minds of the twentieth century.

作者简介：

蒂莫西·布伦南（Timothy Brennan，1953- ），美国作家、文化理论家、比较文学教授，执教于明尼苏达大学人文学院。著有《以世界为家：如今的世界主义》《借来的光：维柯、黑格尔和殖民地》 《萨尔曼·鲁西迪和第三世界：关于民族的神话》等。文章发表于《国家》杂志、《泰晤士报文学副刊》《伦敦书评》等许多刊物。

书友短评：

@ Eudaimonia Said新传记||没想到这么快就出了有声书，就也很快地听完了。没有看过Said自己写的out of place, 所以这本书的大部分内容都不太了解。的确是本intellectural bio，除了前期的求学经历还涉及不少个人生活，后期更多梳理了他学术上和政治上的表达，其中最不了解的可能是他在音乐上的相关写作和差点成为职业钢琴家的部分。Said的关键词实在太多了，耶路撒冷出生，开罗长大，踏入美国之前就有了美国籍，高中开始一路美式精英教育，注定要在各个世界之间游走，后来几乎成为民间巴勒斯坦代言人，Orientalism出版之后对欧美学界的冲击以及和阿拉伯学界的交流（在AUB算不上受欢迎），后期对后殖民主义相关探讨走向的不满和无奈，真是丰富得不得了。最近才发现油管上有好多他的公开演讲，看得很开心 @ 雪之下雪乃 Said新传记||没想到这么快就出了有声书，就也很快地听完了。没有看过Said自己写的out of place, 所以这本书的大部分内容都不太了解。的确是本intellectural bio，除了前期的求学经历还涉及不少个人生活，后期更多梳理了他学术上和政治上的表达，其中最不了解的可能是他在音乐上的相关写作和差点成为职业钢琴家的部分。Said的关键词实在太多了，耶路撒冷出生，开罗长大，踏入美国之前就有了美国籍，高中开始一路美式精英教育，注定要在各个世界之间游走，后来几乎成为民间巴勒斯坦代言人，Orientalism出版之后对欧美学界的冲击以及和阿拉伯学界的交流（在AUB算不上受欢迎），后期对后殖民主义相关探讨走向的不满和无奈，真是丰富得不得了。最近才发现油管上有好多他的公开演讲，看得很开心

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