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　　From Fouad Ajami, an acclaimed author and chronicler of Arab

politics, comes a compelling account of how a generation of Arab

intellectuals tried to introduce cultural renewals in their

homelands through the forces of modernity and secularism.

Ultimately, they came to face disappointment, exile, and, on

occasion, death. Brilliantly weaving together the strands of a

tumultuous century in Arab political thought, history, and poetry,

Ajami takes us from the ruins of Beirut's once glittering

metropolis to the land of Egypt, where struggle rages between a

modernist impulse and an Islamist insurgency, from Nasser's

pan-Arab nationalist ambitions to the emergence of an uneasy Pax

Americana in Arab lands, from the triumphalism of the Gulf War to

the continuing anguished debate over the Israeli-Palestinian peace

accords.

　For anyone who seeks to understand the Middle East, here is

an insider's unflinching analysis of the collision between

intellectual life and political realities in the Arab world

today.

Preface

A Note on Sources and Translation

Prologue:

THE INHERITANCE

The Suicide of Khalil Hawi:

REQUIEM FOR A GENERATION

In the Shape of the Ancestors

In the Land of Egypt:

THE  SAI,NTS  AND  THE  WORLDLINESS

The Orphaned Peace

Source Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Fouad Ajami is the Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Born in the south of Lebanon and raised in Beirut, he is the author of The Dream Palace of the Arabs, The Arab Predicament, The Vanished Iman, and Beirut: City of Regrets. He is a contributing editor for The New Republic and U.S. News and World Report and is a member of the editorial board of Foreign Affairs. His work on Middle Eastern politics and culture has been recognized with a MacArthur Fellowship. He lives in New York City.

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阿拉伯各国统治阶级与伊朗革命势力及其追随者的争斗一头撞进了死胡同。复仇思想灌满了各国什叶派武装人员的头脑，“千禧年救世”的神话鼓励他们继续前行。维克多·雨果（Victor Hugo）关于起义和复仇的那段话正好可以形容什叶派掀起的这场武装运动———“它席卷了所有灵魂———无论强悍抑或羸弱，无论坚强还是委顿，无论是牢固的树桩还是轻盈的草垛，统统都被裹挟其中。它消灭了它想要消灭的东西，也让支持它的人陷入厄运。”什叶派对导致前辈起义者折戟沉沙的各种弊病并无免疫力，无力改变阿拉伯文明在技术与生产力方面的落后地位。人们的怒火需要倾泻，但倾泻怒火并不足以帮助阿拉伯世界建立得体而合适的政治与文化新秩序。

《奥斯陆协议》的以方设计师佩雷斯对未来也有着不切实际的期待。他深信，自己奠定的和平局面犹如黎明初晖，宣告着“新中东”的诞生。《奥斯陆协议》的影响会在新千年开花结果，届时的“新中东”将会施行市场经济和民主选举，各国边界开放，人民可以自由迁徙，中东的沙漠将会变得繁华，征服与攻伐将让位给商贸往来。极端的民族主义将因此失去人心。“过去，一个国家的认同由人民的自有秉性、国土的地理形貌以及语言文化的独特遗产共同铸就。今天，一切都已改变一科学没有国籍，技术并无家园。信息不需要护照也可以传遍世界。”佩雷斯以他一贯的风格说道。他的发言热情洋溢、滔滔不绝、充满希望，但他就像一个迟到的客人，到场之时，盛宴已毕。佩雷斯憧憬着和平，而阿拉伯知识分子却在追悼那个已然逝去的世界。他们见惯了恶政，长期生活于糟糕的经济形势之下。那时候，民主制度在拉美与东欧的许多地区获得了意外的成功（至少有人如此吹嘘），他们却还得忍受残酷的军政府统治。除了军人独裁，阿拉伯人似乎只有宗教极端主义这一个选项————黎巴嫩如此，埃及如此，巴勒斯坦亦如此。

他们见过黎巴嫩的不同族群互相残杀，见过叙利亚的不同教派冲突不断。虽然民族主义阵营编造故事想要收买人心，不少外国的“友好人士”竭力粉饰太平，但也无法掩盖可怖的现实。伊朗与伊拉克之间的惨烈战事前后持续了足足八年。鼓吹战争的人声言，这是一场阿拉伯人对决波斯人的“种族之争”。阿拉伯民族之中多达数百万的什叶派信众的身份问题，在那些年间变成了不可承受的负担。

“我期望有一天，阿拉伯民族能够真正团结起来；到时候如果我已经死去，请派人去坟前告诉我这个消息。”哈维曾经这样表示。他肯定清醒地知道，“阿拉伯民族团结起来”的梦想宫殿是如此浩大，要想完工几无可能。在他人生的最后几年，纠缠他、折磨他的是他的祖国、他的城市和他的家乡小村的悲惨遭遇，这些对他来说是更私人的煎熬。他可以为“东方”人民迎来新时代的开端而欢欣鼓舞，却不愿见到自己的国度陷入这场肮脏战争*的泥淖。军阀、帮派武装、检查岗哨、针对族群的屠杀……这些情形本该是旧时代诗歌的内容，如今却实实在在出现在黎巴嫩的日常生活之中。

* 指1975年爆发的黎巴嫩内战。二战后，以色列的建立激化了犹太人和巴勒斯坦人的矛盾，大量巴勒斯坦难民逃入黎巴嫩境内，壮大了该国泛阿拉伯主义和左翼的势力，打破了原本的宗教平衡；同时，在冷战中，黎巴嫩的统治阶级马龙派基督徒采取亲西方的态度，而泛阿拉伯主义者与苏联关系密切，这加剧了黎巴嫩国内社会的分裂，促使两个群体于1975年爆发战争。战争一直持续到1990年，使黎巴嫩陷入旷日持久的灾难。据估计，约有15万人在战争中死亡，10万人受伤，90万人（战前黎巴嫩人口的1/5）流离失所，25万人逃往国外。直至今日，黎巴嫩依然没能从这场战争的创伤中恢复过来。

这样的惨淡局面让纳吉布·马哈富兹这样的人物无奈地哀叹道：“埃及的文化正在极速衰落，教育局势危在旦夕。教室成了集中管控孩子们的库房，根本不是培养英才的场所。文学与艺术只能在公立教育机构里学到，可这些机构完全不像是培养文化自觉与欣赏能力的地方，倒更像兵营。”

萨阿德从未真正了解叙利亚与黎巴嫩的残酷现实。他的无知与他的南美生涯肯定存在一定关联。毕竟，成年之后的萨阿德在南美度过了整整20年。巴西和阿根廷的历史都很短暂，人口都是从海外移民而来。两国幅员辽阔，人民能轻松获得地产。相较而言，黎巴嫩这片古老的土地乖戾难训，这里的每一寸田地都是人类与山岩斗争的成果，每一掊土壤都曾历经劫掠与争夺，每一处空间都有人怀着妒意严加守护。沉溺于书本和幻梦、有着原始民族主义狂想的萨阿德完全忽视了黎巴嫩的国情。与他矢志推翻的旧有秩序相比，他实在是幼稚可笑：他瞧不起这里的寡头，可这个国家就掌握在寡头手中；他坚持政教分离的主张，但黎巴嫩的政治秩序恰恰系于宗教与宗派主义之上。

媒体评论

　　An important and illuminating book . . . a valuable testament

to a tragic generation that tried to bridge the Arab past with

modern ideals. --The New York Times

　　"The Dream Palace of the Arabs is an absorbing and sadly moving

account of what political and economic failures on a grand scale

have meant in human terms and at an individual level." --The

Washington Post Book World

　　"Eloquent. . . . A clear-eyed look at the lost hopes of the

Arabs. It opens the door to the thought processes of a society

whose motivations have been little understood and often feared. The

Dream Palace of the Arabs is a courageous book." --The Christian

Science Monitor -- Review

书籍介绍

From Fouad Ajami, an acclaimed author and chronicler of Arab politics, comes a compelling account of how a generation of Arab intellectuals tried to introduce cultural renewals in their homelands through the forces of modernity and secularism. Ultimately, they came to face disappointment, exile, and, on occasion, death. Brilliantly weaving together the strands of a tumultuous century in Arab political thought, history, and poetry, Ajami takes us from the ruins of Beirut's once glittering metropolis to the land of Egypt, where struggle rages between a modernist impulse and an Islamist insurgency, from Nasser's pan-Arab nationalist ambitions to the emergence of an uneasy Pax Americana in Arab lands, from the triumphalism of the Gulf War to the continuing anguished debate over the Israeli-Palestinian peace accords.

For anyone who seeks to understand the Middle East, here is an insider's unflinching analysis of the collision between intellectual life and political realities in the Arab world today.