Theorist

Edward W. Said

1935–2003 Postcolonial theory

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Details

Nationality: Palestinian-American

Classifications

Holder: Individual
Source of authority: Reason
Subject: Human centred
Political position: Subaltern resistant
Mode of transmission: Text drawing
Knowledge type: Propositional
Epistemic cluster: Western philosophical

Connections

authored Orientalism
proposed Imaginative Geographies
proposed Postcolonial Theory
relates to Ideoscape
influenced Zeynep Çelik

Referenced by

Michel Foucault influenced

Sources

Edward W. Said. Orientalism. Pantheon Books, 1978.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Edward W. Said." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/edward-said/. Accessed September 1, 2026.