Hizbullah and the Politics of Remembrance - Writing the Lebanese Nation

Informationen zum Autor Bashir Saade is a Teaching Fellow in Politics and International Relations at the University of Edinburgh. Previously a Lecturer at the American University of Beirut, he holds a Ph.D. in War Studies from King's College London. He focuses on the subject of culture and how language and symbols affect political processes. Saade's current research aims at proposing new perspectives on understanding the relations between Islamic movements and states. Klappentext This book explores Hizbullah's understanding of 'being Lebanese' to meet evolving political challenges and gain influence within Lebanon and the wider region. Zusammenfassung Focusing on the writings and media contributions of intellectuals! journalists! and members associated with Hizbullah! Bashir Saade demonstrates that the party has developed its own understanding of 'being Lebanese' that it reproduces and deploys in varying combinations to meet evolving political challenges. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Mapping the ground of Hizbullah's ideological production; 2. Martyrology and conceptions of time in Hizbullah's writing practices; 3. Imagining the Lebanese Christians through writing history; 4. The debt to the left and the enemy: the politics of resistance; 5. Confronting the state: writing space and Hizbullah's politics of legitimacy; Epilogue. Confronting the state: between party and community; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Bashir Saade, Bashir (University of Edinburgh) Saade, Saade Bashir
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.08.2016
• EAN: 9781107101814
• ISBN: 978-1-107-10181-4
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, Nationalism, Lebanon, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Revolutionary groups & movements, Social and cultural anthropology, Revolutionary groups and movements, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions