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The Heritage Massacre in Contemporary Arab Culture by George Tarabishi
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This book highlights Tarabishi's intellectual project focused on enhancing Arab nations and culture to keep pace with other progressing societies, overcoming internal challenges like backwardness, sectarianism, and fanaticism. (Al-Mustaqbal Newspaper) From Marxism to nationalism to philosophy, and from figures like Samir Amin and Tawfiq Salloum to Zaki al-Arsouzi and Mohammed Amara to Zaki Naguib Mahmoud and Mohammed Abed al-Jabri, the Arab-Islamic heritage field is a stage for an intense battle, not unlike the ideological conflicts of the 1960s. Through this conflict, centered on what to take from and leave of heritage, the heritage itself emerges fragmented and distorted after being sieved through class progressiveness, national purity, and scientific dissection. This book itself is a critical fight to defend the unity of heritage and its proper intellectual engagement, free from ideological conflicts and biases. George Tarabishi is a thinker, writer, and critic known for his extensive translations and writings, having translated works of Freud, Hegel, Sartre, Garodi, and Simone de Beauvoir. He has significant works in Marxism, national theory, and literary criticism of Arab novels and stories, besides his 'Philosophers' Dictionary' and his vast encyclopedic project 'Critique of Arab Reason,' which he worked on for over 15 years, resulting in four volumes. Publishing house: Dar Al-Saqi Number of Pages: 144 Year of publication: 2006