A Cunning Present
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Scholars have theorised the relationship between revolution and temporality. As Hannah Arendt argued, revolutions are “the only political events which confront us directly and inevitably with the problem of a beginning”. But what happens, as is often the case, when a revolution is experienced as incomplete—as endless? What happens to the experience of time, and to attempts to mediate it through text and image? This short essay considers the works of a young generation of Palestinians from Yarmouk, who theorise and narrativise their experiences during the Syrian revolution.
Original language | English |
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Journal | American Ethnologist |
ISSN | 0094-0496 |
Publication status | Published - 26 Jan 2024 |
ID: 395025437