The Arabs and the Holocaust
the Arab-Israeli War of Narratives
- ISBN: 9780863566394
- Editorial: Saqi Books
- Fecha de la edición: 2010
- Lugar de la edición: London. Reino Unido
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 25 cm
- Nº Pág.: 358
- Idiomas: Inglés
Trans. G.M. Goshgarian. The Arab-Israeli conflict goes far beyond the wars waged in the Middle East. There is a war of narratives revolving around the two defining traumas of the conflict: the Holocaust and the Nakba. Middle East expert Gilbert Achcar critically assesses Arab attitudes to the Holocaust, which he argues are closely related to the dynamics of the Arab-Israeli conflict since 1948. From Hitler's rise to power up to the present day, he identifies a wide range of reactions among the Arab world's four main idealogical movements: pro-Western liberalism, pan-Arab nationalism, Islamic fundamentalism and Marxism. Based on a thorough examination of sources in several languages, including Arabic, English, French and German, 'The Arabs and the Holocaust' is a major contribution to the discourse of the Arab-Israeli conflict. It is also groundbreaking in its effort to bridge the gap between the conflicting narratives and to promote mutual understanding.
Trans. G.M. Goshgarian
