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Israël-Palestine, l'égalite ou rien
Les essais réunis dans ce livre ont été écrits entre la signature des accords d'Oslo (1993) et 1999, année de sa parution. Ils constituent à la fois une chronique des événements, un réquisitoire et un plaidoyer. Réquisitoire contre l'arrogance et le cynisme des dirigeants israéliens, contre la partialité des États-Unis, contre la corruption et la politique de collaboration d'Arafat et de l'Autorité palestinienne. Plaidoyer pour l'abandon de part et d'autre d'un nationalisme périmé, pour la reconnaissance des responsabilités historiques, pour la coexistence de deux peuples égaux et réconciliés sur le territoire de la Palestine historique. « ?Le choix est clair, c'est soit l'apartheid, soit la justice et la citoyenneté pour tous? Le combat que nous menons est un combat pour la démocratie et l'égalité des droits, pour un état laïque dont tous les membres soient des citoyens égaux, et non pas un faux combat inspiré d'un lointain passé mythologique, qu'il soit chrétien, juif ou musulman.? » Près de deux décennies ont passé depuis la première publication du livre et, alors que l'idée d'État commun est désormais discutée partout dans le monde, ces lignes n'ont malheureusement pas pris une ride.
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189 pages, Paperback
Published September 7, 1999
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Edward W. Said
239 books4,326 followers(Arabic Profile إدوارد سعيد)
Edward Wadie Said was a professor of literature at Columbia University, a public intellectual, and a founder of the academic field of postcolonial studies. A Palestinian American born in Mandatory Palestine, he was a citizen of the United States by way of his father, a U.S. Army veteran.
Educated in the Western canon, at British and American schools, Said applied his education and bi-cultural perspective to illuminating the gaps of cultural and political understanding between the Western world and the Eastern world, especially about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Middle East; his principal influences were Antonio Gramsci, Frantz Fanon, Aimé Césaire, Michel Foucault, and Theodor Adorno.
As a cultural critic, Said is known for the book Orientalism (1978), a critique of the cultural representations that are the bases of Orientalism—how the Western world perceives the Orient. Said’s model of textual analysis transformed the academic discourse of researchers in literary theory, literary criticism, and Middle-Eastern studies—how academics examine, describe, and define the cultures being studied. As a foundational text, Orientalism was controversial among the scholars of Oriental Studies, philosophy, and literature.
As a public intellectual, Said was a controversial member of the Palestinian National Council, because he publicly criticized Israel and the Arab countries, especially the political and cultural policies of Muslim régimes who acted against the national interests of their peoples. Said advocated the establishment of a Palestinian state to ensure equal political and human rights for the Palestinians in Israel, including the right of return to the homeland. He defined his oppositional relation with the status quo as the remit of the public intellectual who has “to sift, to judge, to criticize, to choose, so that choice and agency return to the individual” man and woman.
In 1999, with his friend Daniel Barenboim, Said co-founded the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra, based in Seville, which comprises young Israeli, Palestinian, and Arab musicians. Besides being an academic, Said also was an accomplished pianist, and, with Barenboim, co-authored the book Parallels and Paradoxes: Explorations in Music and Society (2002), a compilation of their conversations about music. Edward Said died of leukemia on 25 September 2003.
Edward Wadie Said was a professor of literature at Columbia University, a public intellectual, and a founder of the academic field of postcolonial studies. A Palestinian American born in Mandatory Palestine, he was a citizen of the United States by way of his father, a U.S. Army veteran.
Educated in the Western canon, at British and American schools, Said applied his education and bi-cultural perspective to illuminating the gaps of cultural and political understanding between the Western world and the Eastern world, especially about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Middle East; his principal influences were Antonio Gramsci, Frantz Fanon, Aimé Césaire, Michel Foucault, and Theodor Adorno.
As a cultural critic, Said is known for the book Orientalism (1978), a critique of the cultural representations that are the bases of Orientalism—how the Western world perceives the Orient. Said’s model of textual analysis transformed the academic discourse of researchers in literary theory, literary criticism, and Middle-Eastern studies—how academics examine, describe, and define the cultures being studied. As a foundational text, Orientalism was controversial among the scholars of Oriental Studies, philosophy, and literature.
As a public intellectual, Said was a controversial member of the Palestinian National Council, because he publicly criticized Israel and the Arab countries, especially the political and cultural policies of Muslim régimes who acted against the national interests of their peoples. Said advocated the establishment of a Palestinian state to ensure equal political and human rights for the Palestinians in Israel, including the right of return to the homeland. He defined his oppositional relation with the status quo as the remit of the public intellectual who has “to sift, to judge, to criticize, to choose, so that choice and agency return to the individual” man and woman.
In 1999, with his friend Daniel Barenboim, Said co-founded the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra, based in Seville, which comprises young Israeli, Palestinian, and Arab musicians. Besides being an academic, Said also was an accomplished pianist, and, with Barenboim, co-authored the book Parallels and Paradoxes: Explorations in Music and Society (2002), a compilation of their conversations about music. Edward Said died of leukemia on 25 September 2003.
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October 22, 2025
Chronologiquement très intéressant. Ça m’a aussi permis d’approfondir le sujet de la corruption au sein du gvt d’Arafat. Des redondances par moment du fait que c’est un recueil d’articles mais ça témoigne aussi d’une situation qui n’avance pas et qui s’enlise… malheureuse preuve 25 ans plus tard.. La critique des accords d’oslo présente tt au long du livre me donne peu d’espoirs ajd … 😔🇵🇸❤️
September 24, 2024
Instructif en plus de parfaitement bien soulever le cœur du problème avec neutralité et intellectualisme... Un texte de 1999 qui n'a malheureusement pas pris une ride et qui fait de la peine, dans ses espoirs cités, aux vues des résultats actuels
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