{"product_id":"beirut-radical-by-dr-dylan-baun-9780755655281","title":"Beirut Radical","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImad Yusuf Nuwayhid was born in 1944 in the Lebanese village of Ras al-Matn. He came of age in the 1960s, splitting time between Beirut and Europe.\u003c\/strong\u003e And he died in 1975, the start of the Lebanese Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut who was Imad Nuwayhid? Was he a leftist intellectual? A self-interested hotel worker? A fighter dedicated to Palestinian liberation? A tragic symbol of what happened to those caught in the crosshairs during the war? Through archival and oral history, \u003cem\u003eBeirut Radical\u003c\/em\u003e finds that Imad was none of these things alone, but all of them together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeirut Radical\u003c\/em\u003e takes up Imad Nuwayhid as a global microhistory—a window into the global sixties, the war, and its aftermath. Baun argues that Imad’s beliefs and actions, crystallised during two tumultuous decades of the Cold War, signal a young generation of what he terms “practical radicals.” While much more is known about their politics and support for left-wing ideologies, Imad’s life highlights how they pursued them, equally, alongside their career aspirations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eImad’s death in the war, then, shows the twisting path by which some young leftists ceded their autonomy to liberation struggles. Lastly, \u003cem\u003eBeirut Radical\u003c\/em\u003e follows Imad’s afterlife, examining how multiple actors involved in Lebanon’s war, some in concert (party and family members), some in resistance (some family), claim individuals and their memory, during and beyond wartime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMore than anything perhaps, \u003cem\u003eBeirut Radical\u003c\/em\u003e is a meditation on the intimate, the personal, the ethics, and the micro-level of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430125420780,"sku":"9780755655281","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780755655281.jpg?v=1774559693","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/beirut-radical-by-dr-dylan-baun-9780755655281","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}