Exilic intellectual identity cuts both ways for every Said there are ten Ajamis
Evidence
To understand the political climate and the social conditions in which the comprador intellectuals in general and the native informers in particular fermented and emerged in the United States of the neoconservative era, it is imperative not to be limited by the notion of exilic intellectuals as Edward Said understood it, which is effectively a sword and can cut both ways—for every Said there are at least ten Fouad Ajamis. — Hamid Dabashi, Brown Skin, White Masks, 315
Categorization
- DEFINE: Distinguishes comprador/native-informer intellectuals from Said’s redemptive exilic ideal, and reframes exilic status as politically double-edged.