| Cultural Resistance: Global & Local Encounters in the Middle East Contributor(s): Khalaf, Samir (Author) |
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ISBN: 0863568149 ISBN-13: 9780863568145 Publisher: Saqi Books OUR PRICE: $42.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2001 Annotation: This book offers a critique of the restoration of civility in Lebanon, and addresses for the first time the interplay between traditional loyalties and social change. It explores the crisis of Arab intellectuals and their failure to act as effective carriers of socio-cultural and ideological transformations in their respective societies, a deficiency which highlights the role of seemingly 'traditional' groups that have emerged as alternative vehicles for change. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Social History - History | Middle East - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 303.409 |
| LCCN: 2002489504 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 7" W x 9.7" (1.91 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Khalaf explores the interplay between traditional loyalties and social change, and the failure of Arab intellectuals to serve as effective vehicles of social and political change in their societies. He also looks at the Protestant legacy in the Middle East. |