Arabism and its rivals -- Swarming memories, clashing identities : the case for Lebanon -- Lebanon's myths and legends -- Saïd Akl : the architect of the spirit of the nation -- Particularism as template -- Linguistic Lebanonism -- Toward a Lebanese alphabet, towards a new Middle East
Summary
Language, Memory, and Identity in the Middle East differs from traditional modern Middle East scholarship in that it reevaluates the images and perceptions that specialists-and Middle Easterners themselves-have normalized and intellectualized about the region, often with a patronizing rejection of the legitimacy and authenticity of non-Arab Middle Eastern peoples, and a refusal to attribute the Middle East's pathologies to causes outside the traditional Arab-Israeli and post-colonial paradigms
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-283) and index
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