National and Cultural Identity in Iraq in the Face of the Formation of the New Order in the Middle East. Philosophical Reflection and the Political Reality

• Authors: Paulina Jagoda Warsza
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

After Arab Spring many hopes were dashed. However historical change must be happening now in the area of social awareness. The rise of ex­tremism limits awareness and also endangers the Arab identity. The Arab revolution has to be more than the overthrowing of dictators. Bennabi created the concept of Post- Almohad Man and its “Colonsability” – a ten­dency to be colonized which allows the aggressor to be transformed into the colonizer. Is Bennabi’s theory applicable to Iraq? Should killing a Post- Almohad Man be the aim, as Bennabi postulated, and only this will allow society to develop? Although Bennabi rather had in mind liberation from auto-stereotype and reconstruction of identity, many still interpret his words literally.

Keywords

EN

Iraq; colonisability; national identity; self-awareness; civil war; national reconciliation

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: International Studies. Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 69-81

Dates

published

2018-06-30

Contributors

author

Paulina Jagoda Warsza

• University of Warsaw, Faculty of Political Science and International Studies

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18778/1641-4233.21.05