Why Are the Arabs Not Free?: The Politics of Writing by Safouan, Moustapha

Why Are the Arabs Not Free?: The Politics of Writing (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781405161718)

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Why Are the Arabs Not Free?: The Politics of Writing by Safouan, Moustapha

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

$26.00
Why Are the Arabs Not Free?: The Politics of Writing by Safouan, Moustapha

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

$26.00
Format: Paperback
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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.


Author: Moustapha Safouan
ISBN-10: 140516171X
ISBN-13: 9781405161718
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2007
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 8.89h x 6.18w x 0.22d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2007 pg. 41
By Moustapha Safouan
By Moustapha Safouan
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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.

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