How the Field of Middle East Studies Has Muddled American Foreign Policy
It goes back to Edward Said.
April 1, 2015
How the Field of Middle East Studies Has Muddled American Foreign Policy
It goes back to Edward Said.
Michael Rubin argues that the current state of Middle East studies in U.S. universities bears some responsibility for the present crisis in the region. Much of this can be traced back to the destructive ideological legacy of Columbia University’s Edward Said, whose best-known arguments licensed others “to prioritize polemic and politics above fact and scholarly rigor.” Rubin explains:
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