Literary critic

Edward Said

Wrote Orientalism, which argued that Western scholarship on the East was inseparable from empire, and founded postcolonial studies almost by accident.

Edward Wadie Said was a Palestinian and American academic, literary critic, and political activist. As a professor of literature at Columbia University, he was among the founders of post-colonial studies. As a cultural critic, Said is best known for his book Orientalism (1978), a foundational text which critiques the cultural representations that are the bases of Orientalism-how the Western world perceives the Orient. His model of textual analysis transformed the academic discourse of researchers in literary theory, literary criticism, and Middle Eastern studies.

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Born
1935-11-01, Jerusalem, IsraelA Friday
Died
2003-09-25, New York, New York, USAA Thursday, aged 67
At birth
Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Capricorn
Nationality
Mandatory Palestine
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1935-11-01, Jerusalem, Israel · time unknown, noon chart

Asia/Jerusalemthe zone used then

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Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunScorpio8°03′Direct
MoonCapricorn6°15′Direct
MercuryLibra19°33′Direct
VenusVirgo22°41′Direct
MarsCapricorn2°42′Direct
JupiterScorpio28°19′Direct
SaturnPisces3°32′Retrograde
UranusTaurus3°19′Retrograde
NeptuneVirgo16°07′Direct
PlutoCancer27°24′Retrograde

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Death Chart

2003-09-25, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe zone used then

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Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunLibra2°10′Direct
MoonVirgo25°53′Direct
MercuryVirgo14°26′Direct
VenusLibra12°25′Direct
MarsPisces0°08′Retrograde
JupiterVirgo6°15′Direct
SaturnCancer12°24′Direct
UranusAquarius29°38′Retrograde
NeptuneAquarius10°36′Retrograde
PlutoSagittarius17°26′Direct

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