1. vintageanchor: “Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate.” ― Edward Said (in an interview in the Los Angeles Times, July 20, 2003) Remembering Edward Said, who was born today in 1935.

    vintageanchor:

    “Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate.” ― Edward Said (in an interview in the Los Angeles Times, July 20, 2003)

    Remembering Edward Said, who was born today in 1935.

    (Source: vintageanchorbooks)

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    I read this in an Orientalism course in college and it was one of my favorite classes I ever took. I worshiped this...
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    That’s what Edward Said. said.
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