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War Is Coming - Between Past and Future Violence in Lebanon (Hardcover)
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War Is Coming - Between Past and Future Violence in Lebanon (Hardcover)
Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence
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From 1975 to 1990, Lebanon experienced a long war involving various
national and international actors. The peace agreement that
followed and officially propelled the country into a "postwar" era
did not address many of the root causes of war, nor did it hold
main actors accountable. Instead, a politics of "no victor, no
vanquished" was promoted, in which the political elite agreed
simply to consign the war to the past. However, since then, Lebanon
has found itself still entangled in various forms of political
violence, from car bombings and assassinations to additional
outbreaks of armed combat. In War Is Coming, Sami Hermez argues
that the country's political leaders have enabled the continuation
of violence and examines how people live between these periods of
conflict. What do everyday conversations, practices, and
experiences look like during these moments? How do people attempt
to find a measure of certainty or stability in such times? Hermez's
ethnographic study of everyday life in Lebanon between the volatile
years of 2006 and 2009 tackles these questions and reveals how
people engage in practices of recollecting past war while
anticipating future turmoil. Hermez demonstrates just how social
interactions and political relationships with the state unfold and
critically engages our understanding of memory and violence, seeing
in people's recollections living and spontaneous memories that
refuse to forget the past. With an attention to the details of
everyday life, War Is Coming shows how even a conversation over
lunch, or among friends, may turn into a discussion about both past
and future unrest. Shedding light on the impact of protracted
conflict on people's everyday experiences and the way people
anticipate political violence, Hermez highlights an urgency for
alternative paths to sustaining political and social life in
Lebanon.
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Imprint: |
University of PennsylvaniaPress
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
The Ethnography of Political Violence |
Release date: |
February 2017 |
First published: |
2017 |
Authors: |
Sami Hermez
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 29mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Paper over boards
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Pages: |
280 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8122-4886-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
Anthropology >
General
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LSN: |
0-8122-4886-4 |
Barcode: |
9780812248869 |
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