TY - BOOK AU - Ali,Tariq TI - Conversations with Edward Said SN - 1905422040 (hbk.) AV - CB18.S25 .A65 2005 U1 - 818.5409 ALI 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Seagull Books KW - Said, Edward W. KW - Palestinian Americans KW - Interviews KW - Intellectuals KW - United States KW - Arab-Israeli conflict KW - 1993 KW - Peace KW - Politics and culture KW - Middle East KW - Politics and government N2 - "In these conversations with Tariq Ali, recorded in Edward Said's Riverside Drive apartment in New York in June 1994, about a decade before he finally lost his battle with cancer, Said brings his considerable intellect and deep personal engagement to bear on some of the most troubling and volatile issues of our time as he ranges back over his own dislocated existence, his initiation into politics, his involvement with the Palestine cause, his approach to the study of culture and his pervasive love of literature and music. Intimate, personal, thought-provoking and absorbing, these conversations capture Said as political activist, cultural historian, professor of literature and music aficionado - and confirm his position as one of the most passionate and thoughtful intellectuals of our times."--BOOK JACKET ER -