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The Arab intellectual and the present moment

Tahrir Hamdi

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Description:THE ARAB INTELLECTUAL AND THE PRESENT MOMENTTahrir HamdiAbstract: The Iraqi poet Saadi Youssef urgently asks, “Why are the poets silent?/Where have they gone?” These questions underscore the compelling need for the guiding voices of Arab intellectuals at this deeply divided present moment in the Arab world that has effec- tively seen the destruction of seemingly stable nations and identities. It is important to understand why and how easily “things fell apart” for Arab nations and peoples under the destructive influence and direct intervention of imperialist and Zionist agendas and forces. What does it mean to speak truth to power in the current Arab and global context where the destruction of Arab nations, such as Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Yemen has become the all too familiar, convenient, and accepted status quo, which is marked by destructive and exclu- sionary discourses? It has become incumbent upon the Arab intellectual/writer/poet to lead the self-examination process in order to provide an understanding of the current Arab situation within its greater global context and construct a revolutionary and insurrection- ary oppositional discourse that would expose and dismantle the current defeatist and divi- sionary discourses. Antonio Gramsci’s concepts of hegemony and consent, Louis Althusser’s ideological state apparatuses, and Edward Said’s important ideas on the intellectual’s criti- cal consciousness, secular criticism, and beginnings are the theoretical lenses used to help decipher the catastrophic happenings in the Arab world. This study also examines excerpts of literary works by important Arab poets/intellectuals, such as Mahmoud Darwish, Mourid Barghouti, Bader Shaker Al-Sayyab, Saadi Youssef, and Yusuf Al-Ani.Keywords: Arab intellectual, present moment, beginnings, secular criticism, consent, ideological state apparatuses, defeatism, defianceWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Arab intellectual and the present moment. To get started finding The Arab intellectual and the present moment, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 20

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Publisher: Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.13169/arabstudquar.41.1.0059

Release: 2019

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Description: THE ARAB INTELLECTUAL AND THE PRESENT MOMENTTahrir HamdiAbstract: The Iraqi poet Saadi Youssef urgently asks, “Why are the poets silent?/Where have they gone?” These questions underscore the compelling need for the guiding voices of Arab intellectuals at this deeply divided present moment in the Arab world that has effec- tively seen the destruction of seemingly stable nations and identities. It is important to understand why and how easily “things fell apart” for Arab nations and peoples under the destructive influence and direct intervention of imperialist and Zionist agendas and forces. What does it mean to speak truth to power in the current Arab and global context where the destruction of Arab nations, such as Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Yemen has become the all too familiar, convenient, and accepted status quo, which is marked by destructive and exclu- sionary discourses? It has become incumbent upon the Arab intellectual/writer/poet to lead the self-examination process in order to provide an understanding of the current Arab situation within its greater global context and construct a revolutionary and insurrection- ary oppositional discourse that would expose and dismantle the current defeatist and divi- sionary discourses. Antonio Gramsci’s concepts of hegemony and consent, Louis Althusser’s ideological state apparatuses, and Edward Said’s important ideas on the intellectual’s criti- cal consciousness, secular criticism, and beginnings are the theoretical lenses used to help decipher the catastrophic happenings in the Arab world. This study also examines excerpts of literary works by important Arab poets/intellectuals, such as Mahmoud Darwish, Mourid Barghouti, Bader Shaker Al-Sayyab, Saadi Youssef, and Yusuf Al-Ani.Keywords: Arab intellectual, present moment, beginnings, secular criticism, consent, ideological state apparatuses, defeatism, defianceWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Arab intellectual and the present moment. To get started finding The Arab intellectual and the present moment, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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