TY - BOOK ID - 46296762 TI - The Clarion of Syria : A Patriot's Call against the Civil War of 1860 AU - al-Bustani, Butrus, AU - Hanssen, Jens, AU - Safieddine, Hicham, PY - 2019 SN - 0520299434 0520971159 9780520971158 PB - Oakland University of California Press DB - UniCat KW - History KW - Bustānī, Buṭrus ibn Būlus, KW - Syria KW - Buṭrus ibn Būlus al-Bustānī, KW - بستاني، بطرس إبن بولوس KW - بستاني، بطرس ابن بولس KW - بستاني، بطرس بن بولس، KW - نستانى، بطرس بن بولس KW - Sirii︠a︡ KW - Iqlīm al-Sūrī (United Arab Republic) KW - Iqlīm al-Shamālī (United Arab Republic) KW - Syrian Region (United Arab Republic) KW - سوريا KW - Sūriyā KW - Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah al-Sūrīyah KW - Syrian Arab Republic KW - République arabe syrienne KW - Sowria KW - Syrie KW - R.A.S. KW - RAS KW - Ittiḥād al-Duwal al-Sūrīyah KW - Fédération des États de Syrie KW - Syrische Arabische Republik KW - SAR KW - Suryah KW - Arabska Republika Syryjska KW - Syrien KW - Jumhuriya al-Arabya as-Suriya KW - Repubblica Araba Siriana KW - جمهورية العربية السورية KW - Jumhūriyyah al-ʻArabiyyah as-Sūriyyah KW - Сірыя KW - Siryi︠a︡ KW - Сірыйская Арабская Рэспубліка KW - Siryĭskai︠a︡ Arabskai︠a︡ Rėspublika KW - Сирийската арабска република KW - Siriĭskata arabska republika KW - Συρία KW - Αραβική Δημοκρατία της Συρίας KW - Aravikē Dēmokratia tēs Syrias KW - 시리아 KW - Siria KW - סוריה KW - רפובליקה הערבית הסורית KW - Republiḳah ha-ʻArvit ha-Surit KW - シリア KW - Shiria KW - Сирия KW - Сирийская Арабская Республика KW - Siriĭskai︠a︡ Arabskai︠a︡ Respublika KW - Сирія KW - Syrii︠a︡ KW - Сирійська Арабська республіка KW - Syriĭsʹka Arabsʹka respublika KW - 敘利亞 KW - Xuliya KW - United Arab Republic KW - HISTORY / Middle East / General. KW - arab world. KW - arabic renaissance. KW - brief biography. KW - butrus al bustani. KW - civil strife. KW - civil war. KW - conflict resolution. KW - critical perspective. KW - culprits of atrocities. KW - english audience. KW - european investigations. KW - foreign invasions. KW - historical perspective. KW - historiography. KW - homeland. KW - key historical document. KW - lebanon. KW - literary style. KW - mt lebanon. KW - nafir suriyya. KW - nationalist tropes of reconciliation. KW - political violence. KW - sectarianism. KW - syria. KW - unprecedented violence. KW - war. KW - western interventionism. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:46296762 AB - A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. When Nafir Suriyya-"The Clarion of Syria"-was penned between September 1860 and April 1861, its author Butrus al-Bustani, a major figure in the modern Arabic Renaissance, had witnessed his homeland undergo unprecedented violence in what many today consider Lebanon's first civil war. Written during Ottoman and European investigations into the causes and culprits of the atrocities, The Clarion of Syria is both a commentary on the politics of state intervention and social upheaval, and a set of visions for the future of Syrian society in the wake of conflict. This translation makes a key historical document accessible for the first time to an English audience. An introduction by the translators sketches the history that led up to the civil strife in Mt. Lebanon, outlines a brief biography of Butrus al-Bustani, and provides an authoritative overview of the literary style and historiography of Nafir Suriyya. Rereading these pamphlets in the context of today's political violence, in war-torn Syria and elsewhere in the Arab world, helps us gain a critical and historical perspective on sectarianism, foreign invasions, conflict resolution, Western interventionism, and nationalist tropes of reconciliation. ER -