Arab Marxism and National Liberation - (Historical Materialism) by Mahdi Amel (Paperback)
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Highlights
- A landmark selection of the writing of an important Arab Marxist thinker, newly translated into English.
- About the Author: Mahdi Amel (1936-87) was a prominent Arab Marxist thinker and Lebanese Communist Party member.
- 148 Pages
- Political Science, Political Ideologies
- Series Name: Historical Materialism
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About the Book
A landmark selection of the writing of an important Arab Marxist thinker, newly translated into English.
Book Synopsis
A landmark selection of the writing of an important Arab Marxist thinker, newly translated into English.
About the Author
Mahdi Amel (1936-87) was a prominent Arab Marxist thinker and Lebanese Communist Party member. Born in south Lebanon, he studied, taught, and wrote on Marxist philosophy in relation to colonialism and national liberation in France, Algeria and Lebanon. He was assassinated in 1987.
Hicham Safieddine is lecturer in the history of the Modern Middle East at King's College London and author of Banking on the State: The Financial Foundations of Lebanon. He is co-founder of Al-Akhbar English and The Legal Agenda English Edition.
Angela Giordani is an intellectual historian of the modern Arabic-speaking world. Her translations have appeared in Jadaliyya and The Arab Renaissance: A Bilingual Anthology of the Nahda
