From the BBC Four documentary "The Idea of Empire", available online and here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00f... Edward Said reads from and explores the ideas of Frantz Fanon.
good basics, but Eqbal is wrong to dismiss the originality of FF's account of violence and resistance, which was more powerful & incisive than his views on "pitfalls" of nationalism (which were far more standard).
Eqbal Ahmed was a political scientist anti-imperialist/anti-colonical activist and a briliant intellectual. He was born in India in the tradition of Sufi Islam and died in Islamabad, Pakistan. He worked and studied in Algeria in the 1950s, where he met and worked with Frantz Fanon, taught at American universities and was an early fearless supporter of the Palestinian cause, which made life hard for him, particularly in the period right after 1967. He had a lot of influence on his contemporaries like Edward Said, Noam Chomsky, , Ibrahim Abu-Lughod and Richard Falk. I remember personally that his writings, comments, analyses made a lot of impact on a broad range of people on the left, including me. He helped to develop our feeling of solidarity with the struggle of the Palestinian people.
Edward Said reading us Fannon. What blessed part of youtube have I reached?
You can say that again , and again, for good measure .
Omg are there any documentaries similar to this?
That's the part form the documentary: Edward Said "the idea of empire". You can look it it up on youtube, it's full version uploaded
good basics, but Eqbal is wrong to dismiss the originality of FF's account of violence and resistance, which was more powerful & incisive than his views on "pitfalls" of nationalism (which were far more standard).
Pitfalls has become true here in Africa to be honest it was to way ahead of its time
Sorry to sound like a complete noob, but who is Said interviewing? I really wanna know! 🥺
Looks like eqbal ahmad
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Eqbal Ahmed
Eqbal Ahmed was a political scientist anti-imperialist/anti-colonical activist and a briliant intellectual. He was born in India in the tradition of Sufi Islam and died in Islamabad, Pakistan. He worked and studied in Algeria in the 1950s, where he met and worked with Frantz Fanon, taught at American universities and was an early fearless supporter of the Palestinian cause, which made life hard for him, particularly in the period right after 1967. He had a lot of influence on his contemporaries like Edward Said, Noam Chomsky, , Ibrahim Abu-Lughod and Richard Falk. I remember personally that his writings, comments, analyses made a lot of impact on a broad range of people on the left, including me. He helped to develop our feeling of solidarity with the struggle of the Palestinian people.
Nasser - tragedy of nationalism. No voice from within no free press
Obama, who took a class taught by Said, called him a “flake”
Really??
Obama sent arms to Israel, forgive me if I don't think he's a good voice to speak on the validity of a Palestinian's ideas of colonialism.