{"product_id":"peace-and-its-discontents-isbn-9780679767251","title":"Peace And Its Discontents","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn works such as \u003ci\u003eCulture and Imperialism\u003c\/i\u003e, Said compelled us to question our culture's most privileged myths. With this impassioned and incisive book, the foremost Palestinian-American intellectual challenges the official version of the Middle East \"peace process.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"He challenges and stimulates our thinking in every area.\"—\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World.\u003c\/i\u003eEdward W. Said was born in 1935 in Jerusalem, raised in Jerusalem and Cairo, and educated in the United States, where he attended Princeton (B.A. 1957) and Harvard (M.A. 1960; Ph.D. 1964). In 1963, he began teaching at Columbia University, where he was University Professor of English and Comparative Literature. He is the author of twenty-two books which have been translated into 35 languages, including \u003ci\u003eOrientalism\u003c\/i\u003e (1978); \u003ci\u003eThe Question of Palestine\u003c\/i\u003e (1979); \u003ci\u003eCovering Islam\u003c\/i\u003e (1980); \u003ci\u003eCulture and Imperialism\u003c\/i\u003e (1993); \u003ci\u003ePeace and Its Discontents\u003c\/i\u003e (1996); and \u003ci\u003eOut of Place: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e (1999). Besides his academic work, he wrote a twice-monthly column for \u003ci\u003eAl-Hayat\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAl-Ahram\u003c\/i\u003e; was a regular contributor to newspapers in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East; and was the music critic for \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in 2003 in New York City.Author of The Politics of Dispossession and Culture and Imperialism","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300982837477,"sku":"NP9780679767251","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679767251.jpg?v=1767734571","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/peace-and-its-discontents-isbn-9780679767251","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}