《报道伊斯兰》内容简介

　　知识与权力报道与掩饰权力与共谋

　　萨义德“中东研究三部曲”压轴之作

　　用真实取代虚伪用责任取代逃避

　　用冒险取代安全用批评取代一团和气

　　从伊朗人质事件、波斯湾战争到纽约世贸中心大楼爆炸案，西方世界一直被一个名叫“伊斯兰”的幽魂苦苦纠缠。在新闻媒体的描述以及政府、学界与企业专家的应和下，“伊斯兰”竟沦为恐怖主义与宗教狂热的同义词。而与此同时，一些国家也利用“伊斯兰”一词，来为其丧失民心的高压政权张目。

　　在这部里程碑式的作品中，爱德华•萨义德针对伊斯兰被西方媒体塑造出的僵固形象，检视了其渊源和影响。他结合政治评议与文化批评揭示出，即便是对伊斯兰世界最“客观”的报道，其中也潜藏着隐而不显的假设和对事实的扭曲。

　　“今日我们的世界太过于复杂、歧异，太有可能出现前所未闻的情势（无论这些情势多么受美国排斥），因此不能再完全以抵抗或增强美国力量的观点来看待。美国人不能再执迷不悟，面对“伊斯兰教”时只在乎它是亲美抑或反美。对于世界如此仇外、化约的观点，保证会让美国与不肯妥协的人群继续冲突；也会衍生出延续冷战时期的亨廷顿式政策，意图涵盖全球大而无当的区域。我想这种政策可以被视为对“西方生活方式”的积极倡导；但是我相信一个同样有力的论点：西方生活方式并不一定要激起敌意与冲突，才能澄清我们对自身世界地位的觉察。”——萨义德

　　作者简介

　　爱德华·萨义德(Edward W.Said，1935-2003)，当今世界极具影响力的文学与文化批评家。生于耶路撒冷，在英国占领期间就读于埃及开罗的西方学校，接受英式和美式教育，1950年代赴美就学，获哈佛大学博士学位，从1963年起在美国哥伦比亚大学任教，教授英语文学和比较文学，是享有声誉的文学和文化批评家，同时也是乐评家、歌剧鉴赏家、钢琴家。他的乐评、文学评论和他的理论著作一样，学识渊博，兼有清晰明快的行文风格。其主要著作包括《东方学》、《巴勒斯坦问题》、《报道伊斯兰》、《文化与帝国主义》以及《流离失所的政治：巴勒斯坦自决的奋斗》等等。

A brief introduction to Reporting Islam

Knowledge and power Reporting and masking power and complicity

The final work in Said's trilogy of Middle Eastern Studies

Replace hypocrisy with truth and evasion with responsibility

Replace safety with risk and bonhomie with criticism

From the Iranian hostage crisis to the Persian Gulf War to the World Trade Center bombing in New York, the Western world has been haunted by a ghost called Islam. Portrayed in the news media and concurred by government, academic and business experts, "Islam" has become synonymous with terrorism and religious fanaticism. At the same time, some countries also use the word "Islam" to justify their repressive regimes that have lost popular support.

In this landmark work, Edward Said examines the origins and influence of Islam's rigid image in the Western media. His combination of political commentary and cultural criticism reveals that even the most "objective" reporting of the Islamic world contains hidden assumptions and distortions of truth.

"Our world today is too complex, too diverse, and too likely to produce unprecedented situations (however repellent they may be to the United States) to be viewed solely in terms of resistance or enhancement of American power. Americans can no longer look at "Islam" only if it is pro-American or anti-American. This xenophobic, reductionist view of the world is guaranteed to keep America in conflict with intransigent groups; It would also spawn a continuation of the Huntington-style policies of the Cold War, intended to cover an unwieldy part of the globe. I suppose this policy can be seen as a positive promotion of the "Western way of life"; But I believe in an equally powerful argument: the Western way of life does not have to provoke hostility and conflict to clarify our sense of our place in the world." -- Said

About the author

Edward W. aid (1935-2003) is one of the most influential literary and cultural critics in the world. Born in Jerusalem, he attended Western schools in Cairo, Egypt, during the British occupation, received British and American education, went to the United States in the 1950s, received a doctorate from Harvard University, and taught English literature and comparative literature at Columbia University from 1963, is a renowned literary and cultural critic. He is also a music critic, opera connoisseur and pianist. His music criticism and literary criticism, as well as his theoretical works, are both learned and lucidly written. His major books include Orientalism, The Question of Palestine, Reporting Islam, Culture and Imperialism, and The Politics of Displacement: The Palestinian Struggle for Self-determination.