The Politics of the Margin and the Centre: Re-reading Edward Said
Keywords:
Marginality, Postcolonial, DisplacementAbstract
The paper attempts to locate Edward Said’s understanding of the margin and the centre through his own condition of displacement. The paper introduces many of his concepts, and argues that these concepts revolve around the notion of the margin and the center as perceived and understood by Said. His idea of the state of marginality is singular as it brings forth certain positive element in it. For him, marginality can gather strength and instill a new insight to an observer. By redefining marginality, he subverts the traditionally held notion about it. His works provide vital insights to many postcolonial interrogations, and he remains one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century.
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