爱德华·赛义德(Edward W.Said,1935-2003)在当代欧美文学与文化批评界是一个备受瞩目的名字。赛义德具有出入于不同文化、政治、历史的复杂经历和多重背景,是一位胸襟开阔具有独立见解的著名学者。赛义德以他特有的公共知识分子品格和特立独行的学者姿态,活跃于美国文学和文化批评 Edward W.Said (1935-2003) is a much-anticipated name in contemporary European and American literary and cultural criticism. Saeed is a famous scholar with a broad mind and independent opinion who has complicated experiences and diverse backgrounds in different cultures, politics and histories. Saeed is active in American literature and cultural criticism with his unique public intellectual character and maverick scholarship