41 min
Back in the Days (feat. Dr. Ahmad Beydoun) Simply Youth Podcast
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- Self-Improvement
"The leftist parties in Lebanon are weak due to the long absence of a powerful, global association that truly represents what left-wing politics can achieve."
Sociologist, historian, and leftist intellectual Ahmad Beydoun has seen it all. He has published over fifteen books on Lebanon's societal and political system, with a special emphasis on constructing a national identity given the prevalent communitarianism. His most popular work, "Le Liban: Itinéraires dans une Guerre Incivile" (1993) reflects on the structure of inter-communities and calls for a strong state, capable of dialoguing with internal and external wills and of standing up to them.
With the institutionalization of religious communities, how can we unify a society based on multiple belonging? How can we reconcile the mistrust and the paralysis of the Lebanese government? And, most importantly, how can we learn from a history that is only spoken behind closed doors?
"Back in the Days (feat. Dr. Ahmad Beydoun" is out now on Spotify and other platforms.
"The leftist parties in Lebanon are weak due to the long absence of a powerful, global association that truly represents what left-wing politics can achieve."
Sociologist, historian, and leftist intellectual Ahmad Beydoun has seen it all. He has published over fifteen books on Lebanon's societal and political system, with a special emphasis on constructing a national identity given the prevalent communitarianism. His most popular work, "Le Liban: Itinéraires dans une Guerre Incivile" (1993) reflects on the structure of inter-communities and calls for a strong state, capable of dialoguing with internal and external wills and of standing up to them.
With the institutionalization of religious communities, how can we unify a society based on multiple belonging? How can we reconcile the mistrust and the paralysis of the Lebanese government? And, most importantly, how can we learn from a history that is only spoken behind closed doors?
"Back in the Days (feat. Dr. Ahmad Beydoun" is out now on Spotify and other platforms.
41 min