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Defending the West: A Critique of Edward Said's Orientalism
Date
Mon May 19th 2008, 1:00pm
Event Description:
Ibn Warraq will be speaking about his new book in which he argues that followers of Said's thesis have used it to suppress critical scholarship on the Islamic world and its history. In addition to challenging Said's methodology, arguments, and use of history, Warraq will discuss the dangerous legacy of this highly influential work.
Sponsored by Students for an Open Society and the Department of
Comparative Literature
Questions:
comparativelit [at] stanford.edu (comparativelit[at]stanford[dot]edu)
Location:
200-002