Geographies of Liberation :The Making of an Afro-Arab Political Imaginary - The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture
Geographies of Liberation :The Making of an Afro-Arab Political Imaginary - The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture
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28 February, 2014
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In this absorbing transnational history, Alex Lubin reveals the vital connections between African American political thought and the people and nations of the Middle East. Spanning the 1850s through the present, and set against a backdrop of major political and cultural shifts around the world, the book demonstrates how international geopolitics, including the ascendance of liberal internationalism, established the conditions within which blacks imagined their freedom and, conversely, the ways in which various Middle Eastern groups have understood and used the African American freedom struggle to shape their own political movements.
Lubin extends the framework of the black freedom struggle beyond the familiar geographies of the Atlantic world and sheds new light on the linked political, social, and intellectual imaginings of African Americans, Palestinians, Arabs, and Israeli Jews. This history of intellectual exchange, Lubin argues, has forged political connections that extend beyond national and racial boundaries.
Lubin extends the framework of the black freedom struggle beyond the familiar geographies of the Atlantic world and sheds new light on the linked political, social, and intellectual imaginings of African Americans, Palestinians, Arabs, and Israeli Jews. This history of intellectual exchange, Lubin argues, has forged political connections that extend beyond national and racial boundaries.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781469612881 |
| ISBN10 | 1469612887 |
| Number Of Pages | 256 |
| Item Weight | 377 g |
| Product Dimensions | 161 x 233 x 16 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | New edition |
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Lubin is a politically attuned scholar who avoids didacticism, engages specialists, and can easily draw in the novice.--Journal of American History
A fascinating and engaging book.--American Historical Review
Lubin has created an engaging, erudite, ironic, and well-historicized account of the intertwined images of peoples united in their political and cultural struggles.--American Quarterly
Author's Bio
Alex Lubin is associate professor of American studies at the University of New Mexico, USA, and director of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for American Studies and Research at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.