{"product_id":"why-are-the-arabs-not-free-isbn-9781405161718","title":"Why Are The Arabs Not Free?","description":"Moustapha Safouan, in this courageous and honest book, confronts head-on the problem of Arab despotism, examining it from the point of view of political philosophy, religious argument and linguistic history. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA ground-breaking book written by the eminent Lacanian psychoanalyst Moustapha Safouan.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRejects explanations of Arab despotism which appeal either to imperialism or to notions of Arab culture in favour of an analysis which focuses on the relations between writing and power.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInvestigates the divorce between the classical Arabic which is the medium of education and the diverse vernacular Arabics which are the languages of the streets.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e of political philosophy, religious argument and linguistic history.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword by Colin MacCabe ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Components of Western Dominance 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Questions that Have Been Forgotten in our Political Philosophy 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Creative Transmission and Stagnant Transmission: Culture and Power 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 People and Writers 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Role of Language in the Creation of Culture 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Writing and Power 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Fraud of the Islamic State 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMoustapha Safouan\u003c\/b\u003e is an 85 year old Egyptian psychoanalyst living in Paris. His father was one of the founders of the Egyptian Communist party. As a young man in post-war Paris he was one of Jacques Lacan's first students. He has published widely in psychoanalysis. This book has been translated from Arabic and the English text has ben completely re-worked by Colin MacCabe to make it as accesible to Western readers as possible. Colin MacCabe considers it the most important book that he has edited in over thirty years as an editor for Macmillan\/Palgrave, British Film Institute and Blackwells. Moustapha Safouan, in this courageous and honest book, confronts head-on the problem of Arab despotism, examining it from the point of view of political philosophy, religious argument and linguistic history. Safouan’s impassioned argument to his fellow Arabs is that if they wish to realise the potential of their great culture, they must follow the linguistic lead of the European Reformation and develop their currently despised vernaculars as written languages.","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990486171877,"sku":"NP9781405161718","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405161718.jpg?v=1761788017","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/why-are-the-arabs-not-free-isbn-9781405161718","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}