Psychoanalysis and the Love of Arabic: Hall of Mirrors

Nadia Bou Ali shows how a curious relationship was forged between language and politics, one driven both by a desire for modernity and anxiety about it.

Author: Nadia Ali
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 12/14/2021
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.51d
ISBN13: 9781474491747
ISBN10: 147449174X
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Middle Eastern
- Literary Criticism | Books & Reading
- Religion | Islam | General

About the Author

Nadia Bou Ali is Assistant Professor at the Civilization Studies Program at the American University of Beirut. She is co-editor of Lacan contra Foucault, subjectity, sex, and politics (Bloomsbury 2018) and her research interests revolve around modern Arabic intellectual history, critical theory and psychoanalysis.