Hachette India

Representations of the Intellectual

Edward W. Said

Isabella Hammad

Wide-ranging essays about the social, moral and political responsibilities of the modern intellectual, by one of the twentieth-century’s most important thinkers.
Based on Said’s Reith lecture series for the BBC, the essays are incisive, eloquent and compelling, with an introduction by award-winning novelist Isabella Hammad.
The Question of Palestine has sold over 10,000 copies in print since its publication in the Fitzcarraldo Classics list in November 2024.
Comps: The Question of Palestine by Edward W. Said; Azadi by Arundhati Roy; Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis.

Classification : Essays
Pub Date : JAN 15, 2026
Imprint : Fitzcarraldo Editions
Page Extent :
Binding : PB
ISBN : 9781804272244
Price : INR 799

Edward W. Said

Edward Said (1935-2003) was one of the world's most influential literary and cultural critics. Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, he was the author of twenty-two books, including Orientalism, Culture and Imperialism and Beginnings. He was also a music critic, opera scholar, pianist and the most eloquent spokesman for the Palestinian cause in the West.