Reimagining Arab Political Identity - Justice, Women's Rights, and the Arab State (Hardcover)

This book discusses the idea that Arab cultural and political identity has been suppressed by centuries of dominance by imperial outsiders and by religious and nationalist ideologies with the result that present day Arab societies are characterised by a crisis of identity where fundamentalism or chaos seem to be the only available choices. Tracing developments from pre-Islamic times through to the present, the book analyses the evolution of Arab political identity through a multi-layered lens, including memory and forgetting, social and cultural norms, local laws, poetry, dance, attitudes to women, foreigners and animals, ancient historical narratives and more. It argues that Arab societies have much to gain by recovering the "happy memory" of Arab culture as it was before being distorted.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
Release date:	October 2021
First published:	2022
Authors:	Salam Hawa
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-35469-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
LSN:	1-138-35469-4
Barcode:	9781138354692

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