Amin Maalouf
Paperback | Pages: 229 pages Rating: 3.9 | 7733 Users | 988 Reviews
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| Title | : | الهويات القاتلة |
| Author | : | Amin Maalouf |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 229 pages |
| Published | : | 2004 by دار الفارابي (first published October 28th 1998) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Philosophy. Sociology. Politics |
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"منذ أن غادرت لبنان للاستقرار في فرنسا، كم من مرة سألني البعض عن طيب نية إن كنت أشعر بنفسي "فرنسياً" أم "لبنانياً". وكنت أجيب سائلي على الدوام: "هذا وذاك!"، لا حرصاً مني على التوازن والعدل بل لأنني سأكون كاذباً لو قلت غير ذلك. فما يحدد كياني وليس كيان شخص آخر هو أنني أقف على مفترق بين بلدين، ولغتين أو ثلاث لغات، ومجموعة من التقاليد الثقافية. وهذا بالضبط ما يحدد هويتي...". يتساءل أمين معلوف، انطلاقاً من سؤال عادي غالباً ما طرحه عليه البعض، عن الهوية، والأهواء التي تثيرها، وانحرافاتها القاتلة. لماذا يبدو من الصعب جداً على المرء الاضطلاع بجميع انتماءاته وبحرية تامة؟ لماذا يجب أن يترافق تأكيد الذات، في أواخر هذا القرن، مع إلغاء الآخرين في أغلب الأحيان، هل تكون مجتمعاتنا عرضة إلى الأبد للتوتر وتصاعد العنف، فقط لأن البشر الذين يعيشون فيها لا يعتنقون الديانة نفسها، ولا يملكون لون البشرة عينه، ولا ينتمون إلى الثقافة الأصلية ذاتها، هل هو قانون الطبيعة أم قانون التاريخ الذي يحكم على البشر بالتناحر باسم هويتهم؟ لقد قرّر المؤلف كتابة "الهويات القاتلة" لأنه يرفض هذا القدر المحتوم، وهذا الكتاب يزخر بالحكمة والتبصر والقلق، وكذلك بالأمل.Mention Books During الهويات القاتلة
| Original Title: | Les Identités meurtrières |
| ISBN: | 9953710414 |
| Edition Language: | Arabic |
| Literary Awards: | Scott Moncrieff Prize for Barbara Bray (2001), Prix européen de l’essai Charles Veillon (1999) |
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Ratings: 3.9 From 7733 Users | 988 ReviewsCriticism Based On Books الهويات القاتلة
This book is not academic nor a narrative but an extended personal opinion of the writer. This book is an excellent introduction for someone interested in the topic of national identity and general affiliations, be that to a state or a nation. However, if youre a well-read or an experienced person within the topic of identity politics its repetitive and relatively boring. Interesting read nonetheless.The recent political upheaval in my country where a referendum for the independence of Catalonia is to be celebrated presumably in November almost in parallel to the Scottish one prompted me to unbury my copy of this essay which I read many years ago and whose direct prose has often been misjudged as overly simplistic. Born in Lebanon within a family of Arabic tradition but of Christian faith, forced to exile from his natal land to France in the 70s, the journalist, essayist and writer of
Should be read by as many people as possible: at schools, by politicians... It may help solve the disaster we are creating by thinking that identities are exclusive instead of additive.
"What's happening [Covid19 pandemics] is terrifying but it is also fascinating"In interview to Portuguese paper "i"*.NOTESālif/ In 1976, Amin Maalouf left Lebanon for France. He was asked, oftentimes,"do you feel more French or Lebanese?". He would reply, "both". Identity cannot be compartmentalized. Arabic is his mother tongue. He read Gulliver's travels and Dumas in Arabic. He spent 22 years in France, though.bā/ About belongings, Maalouf says the situation is more complicated on the other
"When an author reaches the last page of a book his fondest wish is usually that his work should still be read 100 or 200 years hence. You never can tell. Some books intended to be immortal expire immediately, while another, regarded as a schoolboy diversion, survives. But hope springs eternal.For this book, neither a literary work nor a diversion, I make a different wish. May my grandson, growing up and finding it one day by chance on the family bookshelves, look through the pages, read a
This is a charming little book, which Im glad to have read because it injected some new ideas into my brain. That said, the second half is a little pedantic and I pushed myself to read on through. Amin Maalouf sets out with a question - why does it always bother him so much, when people insist that he decide whether he feels more French or Lebanese? The native of Lebanon has lived in France for many years now, and he writes in French. For him, the urge to favorise one identity over another is a
Insightful . made me Question more about growing up traveling/ living abroad . born in my home land libya and growing up In UK attending a catholic school moving back and living in a small tribal atmosphere ( 180 Degrees difference) moving again to US finishing high school and in the mid of finishing college its been a dramatic transition .. I've learned to stop trying to fit, acceptance(for who I am) and learn how to respect myself and people around me who are different from me in terms of
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