Being Arab:
"Before his assassination in 2005, Samir Kassir was one of Lebanon's foremost public intellectuals. In 'Being Arab', a thought-provoking assessment of Arab identity, he calls on the people of the Middle East to reject both Western double standards and Islamism in order to take th...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Before his assassination in 2005, Samir Kassir was one of Lebanon's foremost public intellectuals. In 'Being Arab', a thought-provoking assessment of Arab identity, he calls on the people of the Middle East to reject both Western double standards and Islamism in order to take the future into their own hands. Passionately written and brilliantly argued, this rallying cry for change has now been heard by millions."--p.[4] of cover |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references The Arabs are the most wretched people in the world today, even if they do not realize it -- A deep sense of malaise permeates every corner of the Arab world -- The Arab malaise is a period of history and it is now more acute than it was before -- Modernity was not the cause of the Arab malaise -- The Arab malaise is not the result of modernity but of modernity's collapse -- The Arabs' malaise is more a function of their geography than their history -- The worst aspect of the Arabs' malaise is their refusal to emerge from it, but, if happiness is not in sight, some form of equilibrium at least is possible |
| Beschreibung: | xiii, 96 p. 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781844672806 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Introduction by Robert
Fisk
vii
Foreword
xi
1
THE ARABS ARE THE MOST WRETCHED
PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TODAY,
EVEN IF THEY DO NOT REALIZE IT
1
2
A DEEP SENSE OF MALAISE PERMEATES
EVERY CORNER OF THE ARAB WORLD
15
3
THE ARAB MALAISE IS A PERIOD OF
HISTORY AND IT IS NOW MORE
ACUTE THAN IT WAS BEFORE
31
4
MODERNITY WAS NOT THE CAUSE
OF THE ARAB MALAISE
43
5
THE ARAB MALAISE IS NOT THE
RESULT OF MODERNITY BUT OF
MODERNITY S COLLAPSE
53
VI SAMIR KASSIR
6
THE ARABS MALAISE IS
MORE A
FUNCTION OF THEIR GEOGRAPHY
THAN THEIR HISTORY
67
7
THE WORST ASPECT OF THE ARABS
MALAISE IS THEIR REFUSAL TO EMERGE
FROM IT, BUT, IF HAPPINESS IS NOT
IN SIGHT, SOME FORM OF EQUILIBRIUM
AT LEAST IS POSSIBLE
79
Notes
93
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