The Arab Lefts: Histories and Legacies, 1950s-1970s (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781474454230)

The Arab Lefts explores the entangled histories of Left-wing trends across the Mashreq and Maghreb regions in the 'Long Sixties'. Based on an analysis of textual and audio-visual materials, it surveys radical Left traditions in the Arab world that took shape between the 1950s and 1970s.The book is divided into three thematic parts that are compiled of case studies utilising a multitude of perspectives in political theory, history, literary studies and sociology. In the first part, the authors study revolutionary circulations of men, representations, and know-how. The second part is devoted to interrogating the multifaceted tensions between local, regional, and global challenges. The final part scrutinises the transformations of political subjectivities and invites reflection on the general shift from a revolutionary configuration of temporality to the closure of time - and the so-called 'Left Melancholy'. The result is a balanced account of Left-wing revolutionaries that provides new insights into the history of the Middle East as well as contemporary radicalisation processes and authoritarian rules.

Author: Laure Guirguis
ISBN-10: 1474454232
ISBN-13: 9781474454230
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/18/2020
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d