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Violence and Islam: Conversations with Houria Abdelouahed

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Description for Violence and Islam: Conversations with Houria Abdelouahed Hardback. Adonis' influence on Arabic literature has been likened to that of T.S. Eliot in the English-speaking world. Yet alongside this spearheading of a modernist literary revolution, the secular Syrian-born poet is also renowned for his persistent and staunch attacks on despotism across the Arab world. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JJ; 3JM; GTJ; HBTB; HRAM2; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 374.

Adonis� influence on Arabic literature has been likened to that of T. S. Eliot in the English-speaking world. Yet alongside this spearheading of a modernist literary revolution, the secular Syrian-born poet is also renowned for his persistent and staunch attacks on despotism across the Arab world.

In these conversations with the psychoanalyst Houria Abdelouahed, Adonis brings into sharp relief the latest wave of violence and war to engulf Arabic countries, tracing the cause of ongoing tensions back to the beginnings of Islam itself. Since the death of the prophet Muhammad, Islam has been used as a political and economic ... Read more

Adonis� penetrating analysis comes at a critical time, offering an alternative path to the cycle of violence that plagues the Arab world today.

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Product Details

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
373g
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781509511907
SKU
V9781509511907
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Ref
99-50

About Adonis
Adonis was born in 1930 in Qassabine, Syria and has been writing poetry for seventy years. His work has been recognised with numerous international accolades, including the Goethe Prize in 2011.

Reviews for Violence and Islam: Conversations with Houria Abdelouahed
�Today�s most daring and provocative Arab poet.� Edward Said �The Arab world's greatest living poet.� New York Times �Faith is like love, Adonis tells us; it falls within personal experience. Violence and Islam explores a multiplicity of modern interpretations that give rise to forms of faith and forms of barbarity. Adonis, in his powerful ... Read more

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