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14 Cards in this Set
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Rowayheb, 2006 |
Dividing Lebanese along religious lines to organise socio-political affairs Ethnicity considered as a 'given' primordial social bond, with assumed shared characteristics |
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Fregonese, 2012 |
Dividing people territorially on the basis of religion proved deeply problematic Beirut = a site of orientalist encounter Beirut rebuild = an agenda of civil war amnesia |
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Hourani, 2013 |
Internal Lebanese politics are driven by conflict between the 'legitimate' Lebanese leadership and proxy parties acting for outside agents |
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Nagel, 2002 |
Beirut = a site where romantic Arab world meets Western sophistication Beirut = the city itself as an ongoing discourse about the meaning of Lebanese identity Selective rebuild amnesia |
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Derrida |
Hospitality |
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Megoran, 2011 |
'Peace' is commonly assumed but left undefined How we define peace influences the policies we use to attain different visions of the good life Peace is far more than an antonym for war, not just an endpoint but a fragile process that needs constant scholarly attention |
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Galtung, 1969 |
Some level of precision is necessary for the tool to be used as a cognitive term |
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Flint, 2005 |
(Negative peace = absence of war) Positive peace = maximising human potential |
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Williams et al, 2011 |
We should deconstruct normative assumptions about peace and consider it a situated knowledge within specific cultural settings |
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Martin, 2015 |
Civil War is often considered the product of sectarian tensions |
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Hospitality |
Derrida: Ethical and political commitment to welcoming difference Kant: Welcoming a stranger/citizen of another state when they arrive on your territory |
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Dikec et al, 2009 |
Hospitality is receptiveness to the arrival of an 'other', dismantling prior conventions/duties/assumptions |
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Cole et al, 2002 |
Many Middle Eastern nation states are born of colonial borders imposed from the outside, bearing little correspondence to pre-existing ethnic boundaries (Continued importance of colonial legacy on modern nationstate) |
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Cole et al, 2002 |
What is the nation? A shared common identity with co-citizens, creating a unity in a sovereign state Based on common cultural heritage, common interests, identifying with the other |
