The writing of violence in the Middle East : inflictions / Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mohaghegh, Jason Bahbak, 1979- author.

Series:

Suspensions (Series)

Suspensions: Contemporary Middle Eastern and Islamicate Thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, New York : Continuum, [2012]

Summary:

Writing has come face-to-face with a most crucial juncture: to negotiate with the inescapable presence of violence. Rooted in the domain of contemporary Middle Eastern literature, this book stages a powerful conversation on questions of cruelty, evil, rage, vengeance, madness and deception. Writing has come face-to-face with a most crucial juncture: to negotiate with the inescapable presence of violence. From the domains of contemporary Middle Eastern literature, this book stages a powerful conversation on questions of cruelty, evil, rage, vengeance, madness, and deception. Beyond the narrow judgment of violence as a purely tragic reality, these writers (in states of exile, prison, martyrdom, and war) come to wager with the more elusive, inspiring, and even ecstatic dimensions that rest at the heart of a visceral universe of imagination. Covering complex and controversial thematic discussions, Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh forms an extreme record of voices, movements, and thought-experiments drawn from the inner circles of the Middle Eastern region. By exploring the most abrasive writings of this vast cultural front, the book reveals how such captivating outsider texts could potentially redefine our understanding of violence and its now-unstoppable relationship to a dangerous age.

Contents:

Series ForewordPreface: Violence, East/WestAcknowledgements0. Zero-World Consciousness1. Threat: Writings of Betrayal2. Annihilation: Writings of Cruelty3. Sharpening: Writings of Evil4. Deception: Writings of Midnight5. Rage: Writings of Overthrow6. Assassination: Writings of War6.5. Interlude (Of the Factions, of the Barriers)7. Conclusion (Of Those Who Have Become Jagged): Reckonings of an Eastern ViolenceNotesBibliographyIndex

Notes:

Originally published: London: Continuum, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781441106674

1441106677

9781441150639

1441150633