Why Are the Arabs Not Free?: The Politics of Writing - Brossura

Safouan, Moustapha

 
9781405161718: Why Are the Arabs Not Free?: The Politics of Writing
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ISBN 10: 140516171X ISBN 13: 9781405161718
Casa editrice: Wiley-Blackwell, 2007

Sinossi

Moustapha Safouan, in this courageous and honest book, confronts head-on the problem of Arab despotism, examining it from the point of view of political philosophy, religious argument and linguistic history.


  • A ground-breaking book written by the eminent Lacanian psychoanalyst Moustapha Safouan.
  • Rejects explanations of Arab despotism which appeal either to imperialism or to notions of Arab culture in favour of an analysis which focuses on the relations between writing and power.
  • Investigates the divorce between the classical Arabic which is the medium of education and the diverse vernacular Arabics which are the languages of the streets.
  • A tour de force of political philosophy, religious argument and linguistic history.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Moustapha Safouan is an 85 year old Egyptian psychoanalyst living in Paris. His father was one of the founders of the Egyptian Communist party. As a young man in post-war Paris he was one of Jacques Lacan's first students. He has published widely in psychoanalysis. This book has been translated from Arabic and the English text has ben completely re-worked by Colin MacCabe to make it as accesible to Western readers as possible. Colin MacCabe considers it the most important book that he has edited in over thirty years as an editor for Macmillan/Palgrave, British Film Institute and Blackwells.

Dalla quarta di copertina

Moustapha Safouan, in this courageous and honest book, confronts head-on the problem of Arab despotism, examining it from the point of view of political philosophy, religious argument and linguistic history. Safouan&;s impassioned argument to his fellow Arabs is that if they wish to realise the potential of their great culture, they must follow the linguistic lead of the European Reformation and develop their currently despised vernaculars as written languages.

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Editore
Wiley-Blackwell
Data di pubblicazione
2007
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
140516171X
ISBN 13 
9781405161718
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
128
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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