The Arab Lefts : : Histories and Legacies, 1950s–1970s / / Laure Guirguis.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Guirguis, Laure,
• MitwirkendeR: Bashkin, Orit,; Frangie, Samer,; George, Nate,; Gervasio, Gennaro,; Guirguis, Laure,; Hanssen, Jens,; Haugbolle, Sune,; Krais, Jakob,; Melfa, Daniela,; Morgenstern, Hana,; Nassar, Maha,; Rey, Matthieu,; Takriti, Abdel Razzaq,; Winkler, Philipp,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.)

Follows the trajectories of left-wing revolutionary movements across the Arab worldIntroduces new transnational and generational approaches in the study of Arab Left, and thereby opens new avenues for research on the Cold War, the Sixties and national emancipation strugglesFeatures an interdisciplinary team of scholars that bring into conversation a wide range of concerns including radicalisation processes, revolutionary hopes, neoliberal globalisation, Islam and the Left, the legacy of Marxism, communism and Left-wing politics in generalExamines the interventions of a wide range of leftist parties and groups in the Middle EastTraces the political involvement of Arab Left revolutionaries such as Khaled Bakdash, Mahdi Ben Barka, Khalid Ahmad Zaki and Arwa SalihThe 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.ContributorsOrit Bashkin, University of Chicago, USA.Samer Frangie, Center for Arab and Middle East Studies, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.Nate George, Rice University, USA.Gennaro Gervasio, Università Roma Tre, Italy.Laure Guirguis, Aarhus University, Denmark; IREMAM, France.Jens Hanssen, University of Toronto, Canada.Sune Haugbolle, Roskilde University, Denmark.Jakob Krais, Gerda Henkel Foundation, Germany; Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Germany.Daniela Melfa, University of Catania, Italy.Hana Morgenstern, Cambridge University, UK; Newnham College, UK.Maha Nassar, University of Arizona, USA.Matthieu Rey, IREMAM, France; CNRS, France; Collège de France, France.Abdel Razzaq Takriti, Center for Arab Studies, University of Houston, USA.Philipp Winkler, Florida Atlantic University, USA.

Table of 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