Ebook: Waiting for the Barbarians : a tribute to Edward W. Said

Intends to recover the notion of culture as a collective, hybrid and plural experience, in light of the political imperative that rules us. In bringing together some of the figures closely associated with Said and his scholarship, this volume looks at Said, the literary critic and public intellectual, Palestine, and Said's intellectual legacy.

"This book is a collection of papers presented at a two-day conference organized by Metis Publications and the Department of Sociology at Boǧazic̦i University, in Istanbul in May 2007"--Acknowledgements.