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Culture and Imperialism

By: Edward Said
Narrated by: Peter Ganim
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A landmark work from the intellectually auspicious author of Orientalism, this book explores the long-overlooked connections between the Western imperial endeavor and the culture that both reflected and reinforced it. This classic study, the direct successor to Said's main work, is read by Peter Ganim (Orientalism).

©1993 Edward Said (P)2011 Audible, Inc. History Philosophy World Imperialism Self-Determination Colonial Period Ancient History

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Critic reviews

"Edward Said makes one of the strongest cases ever for the aphorism, 'the pen is mightier than the sword.' This is a brilliant work of literary criticism that essentially becomes political science. Culture and Imperialism demonstrates that Western imperialism's most effective tools for dominating other cultures have been literary in nature as much as political and economic. He traces the themes of 19th- and 20th-century Western fiction and contemporary mass media as weapons of conquest and also brilliantly analyzes the rise of oppositional indigenous voices in the literatures of the 'colonies'.... Very highly recommended for anyone who wants to understand how cultures are dominated by words, as well as how cultures can be liberated by resuscitating old voices or creating new voices for new times." (Amazon.com review)
"Grandly conceived… urgently written and urgently needed…. No one studying the relations between the metropolitan West and the decolonizing world can ignore Mr. Said's work." ( The New York Times Book Review)
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Said is thorough, rigorous and honest. But, this book is more than a piece of scholarship; it is valuable because it makes one question narratives and depictions of literature and the media, which unfortunately have become dominant paradigms when dealing with other racial and religious groups.

A great essay

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really well put together, and narration keeps you interested.Edward Siad is a renowned expect in this area and I always come back to hear his thoughts on imperialism

very educational

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Recommended on all counts. Brilliantly written, piercingly insightful, great narration. If you think you may have any interest at all then you should listen to this.

Outstanding.

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Very interesting and informative. Rather depressing to ‘read’ in 2024 though, given that the hope expressed in the final chapter is utterly contradicted by reality.

Very good

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Would you consider the audio edition of Culture and Imperialism to be better than the print version?

I have not read the print version.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Culture and Imperialism?

The book has many memorable moments: it is peppered with key phrases that suddenly jolt you into attention and bring everything together.

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Said is one of those rare indispensable beings to have walked the earth. His early death is a great loss to our times.

Said: a most eminent thinker

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Scotland is a colony and it’s a great shame the author did not recognise that fact in his otherwise excellent book.

You missed out Scotland!

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Perhaps I just don't the writing style so thought it was convoluted and unnecessarily long.

Difficult to understand and book is unnecessarily long

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The content itself is fascinating, important and relevant but … the American author’s narration is robotic, buzzing, croaking, droning, lilting, and nasal, it’s insufferable especially over the nearly 20 hour duration. Add to this the attempts to sound erudite(?) when pronouncing foreign words which produces distractingly and irritatingly drawn out and affected gurgles and trills instead. (E.g. Bois du Bologne -Bwwahhdyuuuboollllllwahnayeeeh, Fakir - fahhhkyieerrrh, Camus - cyamyoooo)



Croaking, droning, lilting, nasal narration

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