Edward Said and the Work of the CriticFor at least two decades the career of Edward Said has defined what it means to be a public intellectual today. Although attacked as a terrorist and derided as a fraud for his work on behalf of his fellow Palestinians, Saids importance extends far beyond his political activism. In this volume a distinguished group of scholars assesses nearly every aspect of Saids workhis contributions to postcolonial theory, his work on racism and ethnicity, his