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- Shades of Sulh: The Rhetorics of Arab-Islamic Reconciliation
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
- Series: Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy, and Culture
summary
Sulh is a centuries-old Arab-Islamic peacemaking process. In Shades of Sulh, Rasha Diab explores the possibilities of the rhetoric of sulh, as it is used to resolve intrapersonal, interpersonal, communal, national, and international conflicts, and provides cases that illustrate each of these domains. Diab demonstrates the adaptability and range of sulh as a ritual and practice that travels across spheres of activity (juridical, extra-juridical, political, diplomatic), through time (medieval, modern, contemporary), and over geopolitical borders (Cairo, Galilee, and Medina). Together, the cases prove the flexibility of sulh in the discourse of peacemaking—and that sulh has remarkable rhetorical longevity, versatility, and richness. Shades of Sulh sheds new light on rhetorics of reconciliation, human rights discourse, and Arab-Islamic rhetorics.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xii
- Conclusion: The Gift of Possibility
- pp. 192-200
- Works Cited
- pp. 221-238
Additional Information
ISBN
9780822981343
Related ISBN(s)
9780822964018
MARC Record
OCLC
947229320
Pages
260
Launched on MUSE
2016-04-25
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2016