- Paperback: 254 pages
- Publisher: University of California Press; Reprinted ed edition (Oct 12 1990)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0520071964
- ISBN-13: 978-0520071964
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.7 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 340 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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- #39 in Books > History > Middle East > Lebanon
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Today Lebanon is one of the world's most divided countries. But paradoxically the faction-ridden Lebanese, both Christians and Muslims, have never shown a keener consciousness of common identity. How can this be? In the light of modern scholarship, a famous Lebanese writer and scholar examines the historical myths on which his country's warring communities have based their conflicting visions of the Lebanese nation. He shows that Lebanon cannot afford this divisiveness, that in order to develop and maintain a sense of political unity, it is necesary to distinuish fact from fiction and then build on what is real in the common experience of both groups.
Salibi offers a major reinterpretation of Lebanese history and provides remarkable insights into the dynamic of Lebanon's recent conflict. In so doing, he illuminates important facets of his country's present and future. This book also gives a masterly account of how the imagined communities that underlie modern nationalism are created and will be of interest to students of international affairs as well as Near Eastern scholars.
Salibi offers a major reinterpretation of Lebanese history and provides remarkable insights into the dynamic of Lebanon's recent conflict. In so doing, he illuminates important facets of his country's present and future. This book also gives a masterly account of how the imagined communities that underlie modern nationalism are created and will be of interest to students of international affairs as well as Near Eastern scholars.
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"Kamal Salibi is the foremost living historian of Lebanon, and his new book is even more important than his earlier one because it throws light ont he present and future of the country as well as its past."--Albert Hourani, author of A History of the Arab Peoples
"Among Lebanese historians only Kamal Salibi has the credibility to write such a book. Its timely appearance signals a new era in Lebanese history. It will undoubtedly become a classic"--Nadim Shehadi, Director, the Centre for Lebanese Studies, Oxford
"Among Lebanese historians only Kamal Salibi has the credibility to write such a book. Its timely appearance signals a new era in Lebanese history. It will undoubtedly become a classic"--Nadim Shehadi, Director, the Centre for Lebanese Studies, Oxford
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The typical stereotype reaction,
By "phnassar" (Beirut Lebanon) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A House of Many Mansions: The History of Lebanon Reconsidered (Paperback)
I found the book very good and neutral. Concerning the comments of Abdel Hussein Hussein, I would say that he did not understand the main lesson of the book. Using the typical stereotype reaction by saying: "The Maronites should understand..." Mr. Hussein just committed the same mistake that was pinpointed by Kamal Salibi. I think it is time to wake up and understand that while Maronite, Sunni and Chiaa leaders were always hand in hand in securing silently their own personal interests, they where at the same time convincing people, such as Mr. Hussein, that the community was at risk and they should react (Just note that the worst combats during the Lebanese war were inter-community ones)
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best book on Lebanon,
By A Customer
This review is from: A House of Many Mansions: The History of Lebanon Reconsidered (Paperback)
This piece of historical literature is perhaps the best book to date on the history of "The Lebanon". Professor Salibi's synthesis is an essential read for anyone who's seriously motivated to understand, however, for all of those fuelled by bigotry and hatred, it would only add rage to ignorance.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Very few new facts, disappointing.,
By A Customer
This review is from: A House of Many Mansions: The History of Lebanon Reconsidered (Paperback)
A good account of the modern history of Lebanon. The author shows he is clearly an expert on 20th century Lebanon and the intricacies of modern lebanese politics. A major flaw, however, is the abscence of any significant reference to the massacres of 1860 (an attempt perhaps to minimalize them). More importantly, his reinterpretation of the history of the Maronites before the 19th century is not based on any new facts, which strips it of its scholarly value. In this regard the book becomes a vehicle for the author's opinions without adding much to what is known about lebanese or maronite history. He would have done better had he concentrated on Lebanon in the modern times.
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