Conflict on Mount Lebanon : the Druze, the Maronites and collective memory /

Conflict on Mount Lebanon : the Druze, the Maronites and collective memory / Makram Rabah.

"The Druze and the Maronites, arguably the two founding communities of modern Lebanon, have the reputation of being primordial enemies. Makram Rabah attempts to gauge the impact of collective memory on determining the course and the nature of the conflict between these communities in Mount Leba...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Rabah, Makram (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020]
Series:Alternative histories.
Subjects:
Druzes > Lebanon > History.
Maronites > Lebanon > History.
Collective memory > Lebanon.
Collective memory.
Druzes.
Maronites.
Lebanon > History > Civil War, 1975-1990.
Lebanon.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Studying the Druze-Maronite conflict through the prism of collective memory and oral history
  • 2. The Druze and the Maronites : the perception of the other
  • 3. The communal centres of power and elements of collectiveness
  • 4. The road to conflict
  • 5. The point of no return
  • 6. The war of others vs. Druze-Maronite collective animosity
  • 7. History meets the battlefield
  • 8. Post-conflict rehashing and preserving of collective memory
  • Conclusion : Post-war Lebanon : the quest for reconciliation
  • Appendix : Table of Interviews.

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