A House of Many Mansions by Kamal Salibi

Maronite Historians of Mediaeval Lebanon, Beirut, AUB Oriental Series 34, 1959.Disertasinya kemudian diterbitkan dengan judul Maronite Historians of Mediaeval Lebanon. Setelah belajar di sekolah misionaris Prancis di Bhamdoun dan Broummana, ia menyelesaikan pendidikan menengahnya di Prep School di Beirut (sekarang International College), dan gelar BA-nya dalam bidang Ilmu Pengetahuan Sejarah dan Politik dari AUB, sebelum berpindah ke Sekolah Pembelajaran Dunia Timur dan Afrika, SOAS ( Universitas London) dimana ia mendapatkan gelar PhD-nya dalam bidang sejarah pada 1953 dibawah bimbingan sejarawan Bernard Lewis. Lahir dari sebuah keluarga Protestan di Beirut, keluarga Salibi berasal dari desa Lebanon Bhamdoun di Lebanon Mandat Prancis. Ia merupakan seorang sarjana seumur hidup, yang mengiprahkan hidupnya ke dalam buku-buku. He also gives an account of how the images of communities which underlie modern nationalism are created.Kamal Suleiman Salibi ( bahasa Arab: كمال سليمان الصليبي ) ( – 1 September 2011) adalah seorang sejarawan Lebanon, profesor sejarah di Universitas Amerika Beirut (AUB) dan Direktur Pendiri (kemudian Presiden Kehormatan) Institut Pembelajaran Antar-Keyakinan Kerajaan di Amman, Yordania. Read more provides insights into the dynamic of Lebanon's recent conflict.

In the course of his lively exposition, Salibi offers a major reinterpretation of Lebanese history and. But Lebanon cannot afford these conflicting visions if it is to develop and maintain a sense of political community. Both groups have used nationalist ideas in a destructive game, which at a deeper level involves archaic loyalties and tribal rivalries. From the beginning Muslims and Christians have disagreed fundamentally over their country's historical legitimacy: Christians on the whole have affirmed it, Muslims have tended to emphasize Lebanon's place in a broader Arab history. The Lebanese have always lacked a common vision of their past. Category: (G) General (US: Trade) (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliog references, index. Salibi examines the historical myths on which his country's warring communities have based their conflicting visions of the Lebanese nation. Lebanon is one of the world's most divided countries, yet the Lebanese have never shown a keener consciousness of common identity. Description for House of Many Mansions Paperback.

A House of Many Mansions by Kamal Salibi