Being Arab. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Considérations sur le malheur arabe.
• Further Information: Note: Samir Kassir ; translated by Will Hobson ; with an introduction by Robert Fisk.
• Authors: Kassir, Samir
• Editors: Hobson, Will; Fisk, Robert
• Contents: The Arabs are the most wretched people in the world today, even if they do not realize it -- A deep sense of malaise permeates every corner of the Arab world -- The Arab malaise is a period of history and it is now more acute than it was before -- Modernity was not the cause of the Arab malaise -- The Arab malaise is not the result of modernity but of modernity's collapse -- The Arabs' malaise is more a function of their geography than their history -- The worst aspect of the Arabs' malaise is their refusal to emerge from it, but, if happiness is not in sight, some form of equilibrium at least is possible.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Verso
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (110 pages)
• Subjects: 909/.0974927; Civilization, Arab; Islam and politics -- Arab countries; Civilization, Arab; Islam and politics; Arab countries
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781781684726; 1781684723
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