2010
DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511676598
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War and Memory in Lebanon

Abstract: From 1975 to 1990, Lebanon endured one of the most protracted and bloody civil wars of the twentieth century. Sune Haugbolle's 2010 book chronicles the battle over ideas that emerged from the wreckage of that war. While the Lebanese state encouraged forgetfulness and political parties created sectarian interpretations of the war through cults of dead leaders, intellectuals and activists - inspired by the example of truth and reconciliation movements in different parts of the world - advanced the idea that conf… Show more

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“…Revealing in this respect is the main slogan of Solidere, the Lebanese Society for Development and Reconstruction, which is the private company that supervises the reconstruction of Beirut's Central District. As critics have pointed out, 'Solidere's slogan "Beirut, ancient city for the future" comfortably leaves out the present and immediate past' (Haugbolle 2010, p. 86, see also El-Dahdah 1998. By representing the present as a transitional period, this approach tends to instigate a passive attitude of waiting for future release.…”
Section: From Mythical Rebirth To Tarrying With Griefmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Revealing in this respect is the main slogan of Solidere, the Lebanese Society for Development and Reconstruction, which is the private company that supervises the reconstruction of Beirut's Central District. As critics have pointed out, 'Solidere's slogan "Beirut, ancient city for the future" comfortably leaves out the present and immediate past' (Haugbolle 2010, p. 86, see also El-Dahdah 1998. By representing the present as a transitional period, this approach tends to instigate a passive attitude of waiting for future release.…”
Section: From Mythical Rebirth To Tarrying With Griefmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Amassing the support of memory activists, religious leaders, journalists, filmmakers, and numerous NGOs and student and labor unions, they launched a campaign under the slogan “Min haqqina an na‘rif” (It is our right to know). Employing a universal‐rights claim supported by human‐rights organizations (e.g., Amnesty International ), the campaign demanded that the government establish an official commission; provide social services to the families; recognize April 13, the day the war began, as a day of remembrance; and build a monument for the kidnapped and other war victims (Haugbolle ). In a statement to the press, Halwani said, “I'm a citizen of Lebanon.…”
Section: A Genealogy Of Sufferingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Solidere's reconstruction of Beirut city centre became the material form of the elite's forgetfulness. Solidere saw its mission as providing “a therapeutic role by founding the city on a sort of salvation‐like amnesia that would protect it from the old ghosts which caused its destruction” (Haugbolle :86). For scholars and activists, Solidere's rebuilding project was an intentional attempt to erase memories of the war; the process of forgetting conveniently reinforced the nexus between neoliberalism and ethnicity to facilitate the elites’ control of economic and political institutions.…”
Section: Beirut: “The Reconstruction Ideology”mentioning
confidence: 99%