Shades of Sulh

The Rhetorics of Arab-Islamic Reconciliation
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-8229-6401-8
Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 147 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 329 g

Reihe: Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture

Sulh is a centuries-old Arab-Islamic peacemaking process. In Shades of Sulh?, Rasha Diab explores the possibilities of the rhetoric of sulh?, as it is used to resolve intrapersonal, interpersonal, communal, national, and international conflicts, and provides cases that illustrate each of these domains. Diab demonstrates the adaptability and range of sulh?.? as a ritual and practice that travels across spheres of activity (juridical, extra-juridical, political, diplomatic), through time (medieval, modern, contemporary), and over geopolitical borders (Cairo, Galilee, and Medina). Together, the cases prove the flexibility of sulh?.? in the discourse of peacemaking—and that sulh?.? has remarkable rhetorical longevity, versatility, and richness. Shades of Sulh sheds new light on rhetorics of reconciliation, human rights discourse, and Arab-Islamic rhetorics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Diab, Rasha

Über Autor(innen)

Rasha Diab is assistant professor of rhetoric and writing and affiliate in the departments of English and Middle Eastern Studies at the University ofTexas at Austin.