The Arab Lefts: Histories and Legacies, 1950s–1970s

Based on an analysis of textual and audio-visual materials, the book surveys radical Left traditions in the Arab world that took shape between the 1950s and 1970s.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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Chapter Abstracts
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Acknowledgements
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Notes on Contributors
pp xvi-xx
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Introduction. TheArab Lefts from the 1950s to the 1970s: Transnational Entanglements and Shifting Legacies
pp 1-17
- By Laure Guirguis
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1 - Unforgettable Radicalism: Al-Ittihad ’s Words in Hebrew Novels
pp 18-38
- By Orit Bashkin
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2 - Beating Hearts: Arab Marxism, Anti-colonialism and Literatures of Coexistence in Palestine/Israel, 1944–60
pp 39-56
- By Hana Morgenstern
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3 - Free Elections versus Authoritarian Practices: What Baathists Fought For
pp 57-76
- By Matthieu Rey
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4 - Dealing with Dissent: Khalid Bakdash and the Schisms of Arab Communism
pp 77-95
- By Sune Haugbolle
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5 - A Patriotic Internationalism: TheTunisian Communist Party’s Commitment to the Liberation of Peoples
pp 96-109
- By Daniela Melfa
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6 - Internationalist Nationalism: Making Algeria at World Youth Festivals, 1947–62
pp 110-126
- By Jakob Krais
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7 - Travelling The orist: Mehdi Ben Barka and Morocco from Anti-colonial Nationalism to the Tricontinental
pp 127-147
- By Nate George
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8 - Marxism or Left-Wing Nationalism? TheNew Left in Egypt in the 1970s
pp 148-168
- By Gennaro Gervasio
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9 - Non-Zionists, Anti-Zionists, Revolutionaries: Palestinian Appraisals of the Israeli Left, 1967–73
pp 169-186
- By Maha Nassar
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10 - ‘Dismount the horse to pick some roses’: Militant Enquiry in Lebanese New Left Experiments, 1968–73
pp 187-206
- By Laure Guirguis
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11 - The‘Che Guevara of the Middle East’: Remembering Khalid Ahmad Zaki’s Revolutionary Struggle in Iraq’s Southern Marshes
pp 207-221
- By Philipp Winkler
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12 - Crisis and Critique: TheTransformation of the Arab Radical Tradition between the 1960s and the 1980s
pp 222-242
- By Jens Hanssen
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13 - TheAfterlives of Husayn Muruwwa: TheKilling of an Intellectual, 1987
pp 243-258
- By Samer Frangie
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Afterword. TheArab Left: From Rumbling Ocean to Revolutionary Gulf
pp 259-282
- By Abdel Razzaq Takriti
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Index
pp 283-292
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Histories and Legacies, 1950s–1970s

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Chapter Abstracts
pp vii-xiv

Acknowledgements
pp xv-xv

Notes on Contributors
pp xvi-xx

Introduction. TheArab Lefts from the 1950s to the 1970s: Transnational Entanglements and Shifting Legacies
pp 1-17

1 - Unforgettable Radicalism: Al-Ittihad ’s Words in Hebrew Novels
pp 18-38

2 - Beating Hearts: Arab Marxism, Anti-colonialism and Literatures of Coexistence in Palestine/Israel, 1944–60
pp 39-56

3 - Free Elections versus Authoritarian Practices: What Baathists Fought For
pp 57-76

4 - Dealing with Dissent: Khalid Bakdash and the Schisms of Arab Communism
pp 77-95

5 - A Patriotic Internationalism: TheTunisian Communist Party’s Commitment to the Liberation of Peoples
pp 96-109

6 - Internationalist Nationalism: Making Algeria at World Youth Festivals, 1947–62
pp 110-126

7 - Travelling The orist: Mehdi Ben Barka and Morocco from Anti-colonial Nationalism to the Tricontinental
pp 127-147

8 - Marxism or Left-Wing Nationalism? TheNew Left in Egypt in the 1970s
pp 148-168

9 - Non-Zionists, Anti-Zionists, Revolutionaries: Palestinian Appraisals of the Israeli Left, 1967–73
pp 169-186

10 - ‘Dismount the horse to pick some roses’: Militant Enquiry in Lebanese New Left Experiments, 1968–73
pp 187-206

11 - The‘Che Guevara of the Middle East’: Remembering Khalid Ahmad Zaki’s Revolutionary Struggle in Iraq’s Southern Marshes
pp 207-221

12 - Crisis and Critique: TheTransformation of the Arab Radical Tradition between the 1960s and the 1980s
pp 222-242

13 - TheAfterlives of Husayn Muruwwa: TheKilling of an Intellectual, 1987
pp 243-258

Afterword. TheArab Left: From Rumbling Ocean to Revolutionary Gulf
pp 259-282

Index
pp 283-292

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