The Arab Lefts : histories and legacies, 1950s-1970s / edited by Laure Guirguis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Guirguis, Laure, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Left-wing extremists--Arab countries--History--20th century.

Left-wing extremists.

Right and left (Political science)--Arab countries--History--20th century.

Right and left (Political science).

Arab countries--Politics and government--20th century.

Arab countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 292 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Based on an analysis of textual and audio-visual materials, the book surveys radical Left traditions in the Arab world that took shape between the 1950s and 1970s.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

CHAPTER ABSTRACTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS

INTRODUCTION THE ARAB LEFTS FROM THE 1950s TO THE 1970s: TRANSNATIONAL ENTANGLEMENTS AND SHIFTING LEGACIES

1 UNFORGETTABLE RADICALISM: AL-ITTIHAD’S WORDS IN HEBREW NOVELS

2 BEATING HEARTS: ARAB MARXISM, ANTI-COLONIALISM AND LITERATURES OF COEXISTENCE IN PALESTINE/ ISRAEL, 1944–60

3 FREE ELECTIONS VERSUS AUTHORITARIAN PRACTICES: WHAT BAATHISTS FOUGHT FOR

4 DEALING WITH DISSENT: KHALID BAKDASH AND THE SCHISMS OF ARAB COMMUNISM

5 A PATRIOTIC INTERNATIONALISM: THE TUNISIAN COMMUNIST PARTY’S COMMITMENT TO THE LIBERATION OF PEOPLES

6 INTERNATIONALIST NATIONALISM: MAKING ALGERIA AT WORLD YOUTH FESTIVALS, 1947–62

7 TRAVELLING THEORIST: MEHDI BEN BARKA AND MOROCCO FROM ANTI-COLONIAL NATIONALISM TO THE TRICONTINENTAL

8 MARXISM OR LEFT-WING NATIONALISM? THE NEW LEFT IN EGYPT IN THE 1970s

9 NON-ZIONISTS, ANTI-ZIONISTS, REVOLUTIONARIES: PALESTINIAN APPRAISALS OF THE ISRAELI LEFT, 1967–73

10 ‘DISMOUNT THE HORSE TO PICK SOME ROSES’: MILITANT ENQUIRY IN LEBANESE NEW LEFT EXPERIMENTS, 1968–73

11 THE ‘CHE GUEVARA OF THE MIDDLE EAST’: REMEMBERING KHALID AHMAD ZAKI’S REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE IN IRAQ’S SOUTHERN MARSHES

12 CRISIS AND CRITIQUE: THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE ARAB RADICAL TRADITION BETWEEN THE 1960s AND THE 1980s

13 THE AFTERLIVES OF HUSAYN MURUWWA: THE KILLING OF AN INTELLECTUAL, 1987

AFTERWORD. THE ARAB LEFT: FROM RUMBLING OCEAN TO REVOLUTIONARY GULF

INDEX

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Oct 2020).

ISBN:

1-4744-5426-7

OCLC:

1312726859