Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-164) and index.
Contents
"Dawn of Freedom" / Faiz Ahmed Faiz -- Biographical Sketch of Eqbal Ahmad -- Introduction / David Barsamian -- Foreword / Edward W. Said -- Ch. 1. Think Critically and Take Risks. Gandhi and Partition. The Struggle Over Kashmir. Higher Education. Frantz Fanon, Malcolm X, Noam Chomsky, and Edward W. Said. The Palestinian Question. Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Orientalism. The Demonization of Islam. The Taliban. Reconstructing Hegemony / The Future of the U.S. Left -- Ch. 2. Distorted Histories. The Perils of Nationalism. Some of the News Fit to Print. Tribes Have Been Given Flags. Nuclear Politics in South Asia. Nationalism and Islam. Unilateralism After the Cold War. The Lexicon of Terrorism. Engaging Iran. Turkey and Israel. The Armenian Genocide. Beyond Belief: V.S. Naipaul. The Changing of the Guards. Return to the Source. Marx's Legacy. Intellectual Work -- Ch. 3. Do Not Accept the Safe Haven. Oppression and Identity. Poetry and Revolution. Pathologies of Power.
