Peter,
I think that what Meddeb meant by Hamas' "coup d'état" has more to do
with the way they muscled in (&muscle in they did) and chased the
"legit" Palestinian Authority (yes, it too is corrupt & inefficient)
at gunpoint (& with much killing, in fact) out of Gaza. Plus their use
of religious authoritarianism — misuse, in fact — to achieve their
aims. What meddeb calls "its confusion of religion and politics, its
desire to flaunt itself as expiatory victim." Meddeb is not only an
excellent poet but one of the most knowledgeable people in term of
Islam and Arab culture I know, so I'll go with his analysis.
Pierre
On Jan 17, 2009, at 11:24 AM, Peter Riley wrote:
> Very good piece on Doug Oliver, Pierre. Thank you.
>
> That was all I wanted to say, but on a point of order: I noticed
> somebody later on, in the "Pornography of horror" section, talking
> about Hamas' "coup d'état". I may have got it wrong, but I thought
> they were in fact democratically elected. A lot of commentators here
> have been saying they were.
>
>
> best wishes,
> Peter
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> On 17 Jan 2009, at 15:56, Pierre Joris wrote:
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> check out these new Nomadics posts here: http://pjoris.blogspot.com/
>
> Douglas Oliver on Kindness
> Rosa Luxemburg: 90 years ago
> The pornography of horror (part2)
> The pornography of horror
> And There Lie the Bodies
> Zinc Bar Reading
> Inger Christensen (1935-2009)
>
> & enjoy the cold (only 63 days left to spring...)
>
> Pierre
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