Be Like Adam’s Son
Theorising, Writing and Practising Peace in the Arab Region
Edited by Fernanda Fischione Edited by Arturo Monaco
Paperback (Published)
(January 2024)
ISBN: 9781800503854
6.1 x 9.17 inches
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(April 2024)
ISBN: 9781800503847
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Discussions of the issue of peace in Arab literature, philosophical and theological thought, and both institutional and grassroots practices of intercultural and interreligious mediation.
The twelve chapters collected in the volume criticise, analyse, and discuss the issue of peace in Arab literature, philosophical and theological thought, and both institutional and grassroots practices of intercultural and interreligious mediation. The volume consists of three parts. Part 1 explores the contribution of prominent Islamic intellectuals to the interpretation of jihad and the elaboration of a Quranic theory of nonviolence. Part 2 deals with the Arab literary production, with a focus on Iraq and Morocco. The four chapters on Iraq consider the themes of pluralism and peaceful coexistence in light of the continued condition of war, highlighting the complexity of the Iraqi literary field between domestic and diasporic. The two chapters dealing with Morocco focus on the literature stemming from the reconciliation process that has taken place in the country since the beginning of the new Millennium, shedding light on how institutional processes of internal pacification have also affected its literary field. Part 3 considers the practices of mediation and includes four chapters dealing with conflict-avoidant strategies in Egyptian literature, interreligious and intercultural dialogue in premodern time, and mediation practices carried out by religious institutions and grassroots organizations in Palestine and Jordan.
Table of Contents Foreword Introduction Part 1. Theorising Peace and Nonviolence 1. From Ǧihād “until the Day of Resurrection” to Nonviolence: The Debate on War and Peace in the Mid-1960s Post-Nahḍah Arab Generation 2. Kun ka-ibn Ādam: Nonviolence and Quranic Interpretation in Ǧawdat Saʿīd’s Thought Part 2. From Literature of War to Literature of Reconciliation 3. The Iran-Iraq War in Iraqi Novels: Oblivion and Disappearance 4. The Painful Path towards Civil Liberties and Social Justice Followed by the Iraqi Hayāt Šarārah 5. Pluralism and Ethno-Religious Identities in Iraqi Fiction: ʿAbdullāh Ṣaḫī’s Trilogy on Thawra City 6. In Search of the Virtuous City: Coexistence and (In)Hospitality in ‘Alī Badr’s ʿĀzif al-ġuyūm 7. Literature as a Mirror: The Search for Peace and Pacification in Moroccan Society as Depicted in Banāt al-ṣubbār (2018) by Karīmah Aḥdād 8. Youssef Fadel’s Trilogy: Testifying Violence to Negotiate Peace in Moroccan Literature Part 3. Practices of Mediation 9. Lā tuṣāliḥ in the Sīrat al-Zīr Sālim: A Hymn to Long-term Peace 10. Twofold Slavery: Slave in Malta, Slave to Love of his Beloved Master: The Peaceful Letter a Muslim Sent to Baldassarre Loyola Mandes S.J. (1631-1667) 11. Peace and Justice: A Catholic Palestinian Response to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 12. A Thousand and One Jordans: The Story of Rafedìn Index of Names Index of Subjects Fernanda Fischione,Arturo Monaco
Fernanda Fischione is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral fellow (2021-2024) at Sapienza University of Rome – Universite Internationale de Rabat, with the project Transnational Maghreb and the International Prize for Arabic Fiction: Pluralism, inclusiveness, and peaceful coexistence in the contemporary Maghrebi novel. Arturo Monaco is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow (2022-2025) at Sapienza University of Rome – American University of Beirut, with the project Digital Mythology and Arabic Literature: A Digital Archive to Study the Dynamics of the Reception of Greek Myths in Modern Arabic Literature.
- Edited by Fernanda Fischione
- Edited by Arturo Monaco
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