Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 368 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0231124767
,
0231505361
,
9780231124768
,
9780231505369
Series Statement:
The history and society of the modern Middle East
Content:
In this long-awaited work, Samir Khalaf analyzes the history of civil strife and political violence in Lebanon and reveals the inherent contradictions that have plagued that country and made it so vulnerable to both inter-Arab and superpower rivalries. How did a fairly peaceful and resourceful society, with an impressive history of viable pluralism, coexistence, and republicanism, become the site of so much barbarism and incivility? Khalaf argues that historically internal grievances have been magnified or deflected to become the source of international conflict. From the beginning, he shows, foreign interventions have consistently exacerbated internal problems. Lebanons fragmented political culture is a byproduct of two general features. First, it reflects the traditional forces and political conflicts caused by striking differences in religious beliefs and communal and sectarian loyalties that continue to split the society and reinforce its factional character. Second, and superimposed on these, are new forms of socioeconomic and cultural stress caused by Lebanons role in the continuing international conflicts in the region. Khalaf concludes that Lebanon is now at a crossroads in its process of political and social transformation, and proposes some strategies to re-create a vibrant civil and political culture that can accommodate profound transformations in the internal, domestic sphere as well as mediate developments taking place internation
Content:
On proxy wars and surrogate victims -- The radicalization of communal loyalties -- The drift into incivility -- Peasants, commoners and clerics: resistance and rebellion: 1820-1860 -- Revolt and counter-revolt: civil strife of 1958 -- Lebanon's golden/gilded age: 1943-1975 -- From playground to battleground: preludes to civil strife -- The scares and scars of war -- From Shakib Effendi to Ta'if -- Prospects for civility
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-351) and index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Khalaf, Samir Civil and uncivil violence in Lebanon New York : Columbia University Press, 2002
Language:
English
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