Edward W. Said: Vida palestina en el exilio

Abstract

Este artículo rinde homenaje a Edward W. Said, a su vida palestina en el exilio entre dos mundos y a su legado. Se trata de una reflexión sobre los derechos éticos y políticos que deben ser restituidos a los pueblos sometidos para que ellos puedan narrar sus historias frente a la representación que, por defecto, siempre es distorsionada e instantánea. Entre-mundos es quizá el modo preciso de caracterizar su vida como exiliado palestino, y su obra como intelectual y músico. Said transitó con gran maestría la crítica orientalista y poscolonial, la literatura comparada, la música, siempre con compromiso ético-político sincero y profundo con el pueblo palestino y con los artistas.

This article pays tribute to Edward W. Said, to his Palestinian life in exile between two worlds, and to his legacy. It is a reflection on the ethical and political rights that must be restored to subjugated peoples so that they can tell their stories in the face of representation which, by default, is always distorted and instantaneous. Between-worlds is perhaps the precise way to characterise his life as a Palestinian exile, and his work as an intellectual and musician. Said mastered orientalist and post-colonial criticism, comparative literature, music, always with a sincere and deep ethical-political commitment to the Palestinian people and to artists.