The shadows of Beiteddin Palace
Politics of hospitality and struggles for sovereignty between presidential and regional powers in Lebanon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5775643 |
|---|---|
| Authors | I Rivoal (0000-0003-1265-2500, Laboratoire d'ethnologie et de sociologie comparative, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 116-128 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary Levant (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2058-1831 • E-ISSN: 2058-184X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/20581831.2017.1391468 |
| OpenAlex | W2766042912 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
This article interrogates the notion that the state in Lebanon is a constantly weakened super structure whose political actions are hampered by a generalised sectarian system. Building on the recent literature that challenges the rhetoric of 'the failed state' in Lebanon, this article focuses on the notion of sovereignty and its symbolic expressions. Moving away from discussions of violence to analyse the relationship between the state and Lebanese regional powers, the article considers how hospitality plays a significant part in acting out different expressions of sovereignty. The author observes the competition between the Lebanese Head of State (President Emile Lahoud) and a regional Lord (Walid Jumblat) in their attempts to perform 'being at home' in the Lebanese Mountain. In this regard, the region of the Shuf becomes emblematic as a space that links sovereignty to hosting in a particular symbolic place: the Emirs' Palace of Beiteddin. The author argues that by accepting multiple and sometimes conflicting sources of power, the Lebanese political system follows a model of 'piling up' layers of sovereignty
Hospitality · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Middle East Politics and Society
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |