From the Book - First edition.
Introduction / Gauri Viswanathan --
Pt. 1. Performance and Criticism. 1. Beginnings. 2. In the Shadow of the West. 3. Overlapping Territories: The World, the Text, and the Critic. 4. Literary Theory at the Crossroads of Public Life. 5. Criticism, Culture, and Performance. 6. Criticism and the Art of Politics. 7. Wild Orchids and Trotsky. 8. Culture and Imperialism. 9. Orientalism and After. 10. Edward Said: Between Two Cultures. 11. Peoples' Rights and Literature. 12. Language, History, and the Production of Knowledge. 13. I've Always Learnt During the Class --
Pt. II. Scholarship and Activism. 14. Can an Arab and a Jewish State Coexist? 15. Scholars, Media, and the Middle East. 16. An Exile's Exile. 17. American Intellectuals and Middle East Politics. 18. The Need for Self-Appraisal. 19. A Formula for More Husseins. 20. Palestinian Voices in the U.S. 21. The Intellectuals and the War. 22. What People in the U.S. Know About Islam Is a Stupid Cliche. 23. Europe and Its Others: An Arab Perspective. 24. Symbols Versus Substance: A Year After the Declaration of Principles. 25. The Road Less Traveled. 26. Returning to Ourselves. 27. A State, Yes, But Not Just for Palestinians. 28. Orientalism, Arab Intellectuals, Marxism, and Myth in Palestinian History. 29. My Right of Return.
