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By examining the ideological production of Hizbullah, especially its underground newspaper Al Ahd, the author offers an account of the intellectual continuity between the early phases of Hizbullah’s emergence onto the political stage and its present day organization.
Born out of the Israeli occupation of the South of Lebanon, the political armed group Hizbullah is a powerful player within both Lebanon and the wider Middle East. Understanding how Hizbullah has, since the 1980s, developed its own reading of the nature of the Lebanese state, national identity and historical narrative is central to grasping the political trajectory of the country. By examining the ideological production of Hizbullah, especially its underground newspaper Al Ahd, Bashir Saade offers an account of the intellectual continuity between the early phases of Hizbullah’s emergence onto the political stage and its present day organization. Saade argues here that this early intellectual activity, involving an elaborate understanding of the past and history had a long lasting impact on later cultural production, one in which the notion and practice of Resistance has been central in developing national imaginaries.
About the Author
Bashir Saade is a Teaching Fellow in Politics and International Relations at Edinburgh University. Previously a Lecturer at the American University of Beirut, he holds a Ph.D. in War Studies from King’s College, University of London. He focuses on the subject of culture and how language and symbols affect political processes. Saade’s current research aims at proposing new perspectives on understanding the relations between Islamic movements and states.
Bibliographic Information
Title: Hizbullah and the Politics of Remembrance: Writing the Lebanese Nation
Author(s): Bashir Saade
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Length: 188 pages
ISBN: 978-1107101814
Pub. Date: August 16, 2016
Hizbullah and the Politics of Remembrance
