Makram Rabah

Conflict on Mount Lebanon (eBook, ePUB)

The Druze, the Maronites and Collective Memory

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Produktbeschreibung

The Druze and the Maronites, arguably the two founding communities of modern Lebanon, have the reputation of being primordial enemies. Makram Rabah attempts to gauge the impact of collective memory on determining the course and the nature of the conflict between these communities in Mount Lebanon. He takes as his focus 'the War of the Mountain' in 1982, reconstructing the events of this war through the framework of collective remembrance and oral history.He challenges the idea that these group identities were constructed by their respective centres of power within the Maronite and Druze community, providing an alternative to the prevailing meta-narrative. Telling the stories of the many people who took part in these events, or who simply suffered as a consequence, helps to expose the intrinsic motives which led to this conflict and makes a valuable contribution to the field of Lebanese historical scholarship.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474474207
• Artikelnr.: 72431502

Autorenporträt

Makram Rabah is a lecturer in the Department of History at the American University of Beirut. He is the author of A Campus at War: Student Politics at the American University of Beirut, 1967-1975 (Nelson Publications, 2009).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Studying the Druze -Maronite Conflict through the Prism of Collective Memory and Oral History
2. The Druze and the Maronites: The Perception of the Other
3. The Communal Centres of Power and Elements of Collectiveness
4. The Road to Conflict
5. The Point of no Return
6. The War of Others vs. Druze Maronite Collective Animosity
7. History Meets the Battlefield
8. Post-Conflict Rehashing and Preserving of Collective Memory
Conclusion
Appendix: Table of Interviews
Bibliography.