Dibahas masalah kesusastraan dan kebudayaan yang pernah mengalami kekuasaan imperal dari awal sejarah kolonisasi hingga sekarang. Jika dulu penjajah dilakukan melalui invasi bersenjata (kuasa senjata), kini melalui invasi bahasa (kuasa-bahasa). Jika dulu para pahlawan negeri terjajah melawan dengan bambu runcing, kini melawan dengan pena runcing. Jika dulu ditempuh cara perlucutan senjata, kini…
Edward Said is perhaps best known as the author of Orientalism (1978), a book which changed the face of critical theory and shaped the emerging field of post-colonial studies. He is also widely known for his controversial journalism on the Palestinian political situation. This volume explains Said's key ideas, their contexts and impact, with reference to both his scholarship and journ…