Violence and Islam

Conversations with Houria Abdelouahed

By: Adonis

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Hardcover | 9 September 2016 | Edition Number 1

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Cited as the greatest living Arab poet, Adonis’ influence on Arabic literature has been likened to that of T.S. Elliot in the English-speaking world. Yet alongside this spearheading of a modernist literary revolution, the secular Syrian-born poet is also renowned for his persistent and staunch attacks on despotism across the Arab world.

In these conversations with the psychoanalyst Houria Abdelouahed, Adonis brings into sharp relief the latest wave of violence and war to engulf Arabic countries, tracing the cause of ongoing tensions back to the beginnings of Islam itself. Since the death of the prophet Mohammed, Islam has been used as political and economic weapon, exploiting and reinforcing tribal divisions to aid the pursuit of power. Adonis argues that recent events in the Middle East - from the failures of the Arab Spring to the rise of ISIS and the bloody war in his native Syria - attest to the destructive effects of an Islamic worldview that prohibits any notion of plurality and breeds violence. If there is to be any hope of peace or progress in the Arab world, it is therefore imperative that these mentalities are overcome. In their place, Adonis urges a new spirit of enquiry, embodied in the freedoms to interrogate the past and question cultural norms.

Adonis’ penetrating analysis comes at a critical time, offering an alternative path to the cycle of violence that plagues the Arab world today.

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'Today's most daring and provocative Arab poet.'
Edward Said

'The Arab world's greatest living poet.'
New York Times

'Faith is like love, Adonis tells us; it falls within personal experience. Violence and Islam explores a multiplicity of modern interpretations that give rise to forms of faith and forms of barbarity. Adonis, in his powerful secular voice, here again proves why he is one of the most important literary figures of our times.'
V.S. Naipaul

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