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Abdirahman Hussein

Abdirahman Hussein (born in Hargeisa, Somaliland) is a scholar and teacher who taught at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He is best known for his book on Edward Said, Edward Said: Criticism and Society (London: Verso, 2002), in which he offers a critical study of Said and his influences. [1] The book was praised by Bart Moore-Gilbert for its "judicious critique" of Moore-Gilbert's own 1997 study of Said in which, he says, he did not pay sufficient attention to the "Palestinian dimensions and orientations of Said's thinking". [2] Also noted is Hussein's "triangulation" of Joseph Conrad, whose Heart of Darkness is, according to Hussein, "foundational to Said's entire career and project". [3] One of Hussein's focal points is Said's 1976 book Beginnings: Intention and Method, whose importance he says is overlooked. [4] [5]

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References

  1. Robbins, Bruce W. (2011). "Blaming the System". In David Palumbo-Liu (ed.). Immanuel Wallerstein and the Problem of the World: System, Scale, Culture. Bruce W. Robbins, Nirvana Tanouki. Duke UP. pp. 41–66. ISBN   9780822348481 . Retrieved 27 February 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. Moore-Gilbert, B. J. (2009). Postcolonial Life-Writing: Culture, Politics and Self-Representation. Taylor & Francis. p. 153. ISBN   9780415443005 . Retrieved 27 February 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. McCarthy, Conor (2010). The Cambridge Introduction to Edward Said. Cambridge UP. pp. 16–. ISBN   9781139491402 . Retrieved 27 February 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. Ferial J. Gbazoul, ed. (2007). "Terry Eagleton: Edward Said, Cultural Politics, and Critical Theory (An Interview)". Edward Said and Critical Decolonization. American U in Cairo P. pp. 254–69. ISBN   9789774160875 . Retrieved 27 February 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. Abraham, Matthew (2006). "Territorial Ambition". In Sylvia Nagy-Zekmi (ed.). Paradoxical Citizenship: Edward Said. Lexington. p. 77. ISBN   9780739109885 . Retrieved 27 February 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)