Edward Said’s “The Idea of Empire” feat Eqbal Ahmad – 1993 Arena Series

Edward Said, a Palestinan writer, academic and exile, talks about his book “Culture and Imperialism” and explains how the attitudes forged over the last 200 years continue to enforce the relationship between the west and the developing world.

This programme originally aired in February 1993.

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