Deze Libanese auteur duikt in de ingewikkelde dynamiek tussen Noord en Zuid op wereldschaal. Zijn werk onderzoekt kritisch de impact van globalisering en buitenlands beleid, met name op het Midden-Oosten en Noord-Afrika. Met een focus op sociale rechtvaardigheid en internationale betrekkingen biedt hij diepgaande inzichten in de krachten die onze hedendaagse wereld vormgeven. Zijn analytische benadering biedt lezers een rijk en tot nadenken stemmend perspectief.
Gilbert Achcar examines Arab responses to Nazism, from early awareness of genocide to contemporary issues surrounding Israel and Palestine. He provides a critical analysis of the political and historical context, challenging distortions while rejecting anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial. This essential work fosters new understanding between Arabs, Israelis, and the West.
Drawing on previously unseen sources in multiple languages, Achcar offers a unique ideological mapping of the Arab world, and in the process defusing an international propaganda war that has become a major stumbling block in the path of Arab-Western understanding.
In this sequel to his landmark exploration of the Arab uprisings, The People Want, Gilbert Achcar assesses the present stage of the revolutionary process and its possible outcomes.
The essential guide to understanding the roots and continuing significance of the Arab uprisings. This edition features a new preface and postscript drawing a balance sheet of the regional uprising's first decade.
This is a timely, incisive and richly informed assessment of the recent Israel-Lebanon conflict written by noted experts from both countries: Lebanese Gilbert Achcar and Israeli Michel Warschawski. The authors describe the popular basis of Hezbollah in Lebanon among the Shiites, and its relation to the country’s other religious communities and political forces. They analyze the regional roles of Syria, Iran and Hamas as well as the politics of the US and Europe. They then dissect the strategic and political background behind recent actions taken by Israel; the impact of Israel’s incursion into Lebanon and its effects on Lebanon’s population; and the consequences of the war on Israeli polity and society. Gilbert Achcar, who grew up in Beirut, is Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. His many books include The Clash of Barbarisms: The Making of the New World Disorder, published in thirteen languages, and Perilous Power: The Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy, a book of dialogues with Noam Chomsky. Michel Warschawski, a veteran journalist and peace activist, founded the Alternative Information Center in Jerusalem, a Palestinian-Israeli news organization that disseminates information, research and political analysis on Palestinian and Israeli societies.
An unprecedented and judicious examination of what the Holocaust means—and doesn't mean—in the Arab world, one of the most explosive subjects of our time There is no more inflammatory topic than the Arabs and the Holocaust—the phrase alone can occasion outrage. The terrain is dense with ugly claims and counterclaims: one side is charged with Holocaust denial, the other with exploiting a tragedy while denying the tragedies of others. In this pathbreaking book, political scientist Gilbert Achcar explores these conflicting narratives and considers their role in today's Middle East dispute. He analyzes the various Arab responses to Nazism, from the earliest intimations of the genocide, through the creation of Israel and the destruction of Palestine and up to our own time, critically assessing the political and historical context for these responses. Finally, he challenges distortions of the historical record, while making no concessions to anti-Semitism or Holocaust denial. Valid criticism of the other, Achcar insists, must go hand in hand with criticism of oneself. Drawing on previously unseen sources in multiple languages, Achcar offers a unique mapping of the Arab world, in the process defusing an international propaganda war that has become a major stumbling block in the path of Arab-Western understanding.
An original, Marxist appraisal of cosmopolitanism, religion and politics, and Edward Said's Orientalism thesis. Will be seen as a key text for readers in political science, international relations, political economy, Marxist studies, and cultural studies.
Focusing on the recent Middle East war, this book examines the roots and effects of the conflict up to October 2006. It highlights Hezbollah's support among Lebanese Shiites while exploring its interactions with other religious and political groups in Lebanon. The authors also delve into the roles of regional players like Syria, Iran, and Hamas, alongside the political dynamics involving the United States and Europe, providing a comprehensive analysis of the complex landscape in the region.
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One of the world's most seasoned international relations experts argues that the Cold War did not end with the collapse of the USSR - and that the US, Russia and China today are locked in a spiral of hostilities ongoing since the 1990's.