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Abstract
Humanism in Edward Said’s ’Late Style’
Abstract
This thesis aims at proving that Edward W. Said is at odds not only with his
time but with himself as well, in his turning to humanism. Said is well known as a
post-colonial theorist, in the post-modernist era, which is an era of conflict,
fragmentation, claiming objectivity, which not only opposes humanism but also
considers it a kind of anachronism or history-bound category. Said borrows a term
from Theodor Adorno, and applies it to many intellectuals. This term is called ’Late
Style,’ which contains the idea of contradiction, in which the artist contradicts not
only himself but his time as well. In this thesis I apply the term ’late Style’, based on
Edward Said’s interpretation of the term, to Edward Said himself to reveal the
contradiction in what Said had earlier pointed out and wrote about.
The thesis is divided into three chapters as follows:
Chapter One
This chapter consists of two parts: part one is entitled: Humanism: A
Historical Survey. In part two ’Late Style’ I display two conceptions of ’late style’. The
first one is Theodor Adorno’s ’late style’, and the second is Said’s.
Chapter Two
This chapter is devoted to Edward Said as an entrance in which notions like
paradox of identity, worldliness, and secular criticism are discussed in an attempt to
understand Said’s turning to humanism and the implied contradiction of this turning.
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Humanism as Said’s ’Late Style’ investigates Said’s understanding of
humanism in its American context; I prove that Said’s humanism is his turning point
in his life that sets him as a late figure.
Conclusion
The conclusion is a synthesis of the findings of the study.