Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-237) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: discursive spaces for peace -- Peacemaking topoi: cultural iterations of relational and moral needs -- The power of sweet persuasion: cultural inflections of interpersonal £̀Đulı̀Æ rhetorics -- We the reconciled: the convergence of £̀Đulı̀Æ and human rights -- From the Egyptian People's Assembly to the Israeli Knesset: al-S♯d♯t's Knesset address, £̀Đulı̀Æ, and diplomacy -- To gather at court: £̀Đulı̀Æ as rhetorical method -- Conclusion: the gift of possibility.
Summary:
"Sulh is a centuries-old Arab-Islamic peacemaking practice. Rasha Diab explores the possibilities and limits of the rhetoric of sulh as it is used to resolve interpersonal, communal, and (inter)national conflicts--with a case illustrating each of these domains. The cases range from medieval to contemporary times and are analyzed using both rhetorical and critical discourse analyses"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
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