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Created in 2017, Biens symboliques / Symbolic Goods is a semiannual electronic open access journal. Bilingual and interdisciplinary, it covers three areas of investigation: the arts, culture and ideas. The journal is published by the Presses universitaires de Paris Nanterre with the support of CNRS Sciences humaines et sociales and the MSH Paris-Saclay.

Latest issue
15 | 2024
Mondes intellectuels beyrouthins (années 1950-années 1980)

Beirut’s Intellectual Worlds (1950s–1980s)

This issue offers a sociohistorical reading of Beirut’s intellectual worlds between the 1950s and 1980s, during which the city established itself as one of the cultural capitals of a turbulent Arab world. It highlights the specific dynamics of this intellectual space, characterized by the predominance of private cultural actors, the intense politicization of debates and sites of idea production, and its multiple connections with political movements and thought in the Arab world, the Global South, and Europe. At the intersection of multiple disciplines (history, sociology, political science) and research fields (the history and sociology of intellectuals, the sociohistory of political ideas, New Cinema History, etc.), the articles in this issue examine Beirut’s role as both a crossroads and a laboratory for Arab political thought. They explore the transnational circulations that converged in the city, the trajectories of Lebanese and Arab figures, and the institutions and media that shaped the social production of political ideas—newspapers, journals, publishing houses, research centers, film clubs, and cultural institutions. Drawing on a rich body of empirical material, this issue brings diverse perspectives into dialogue, contributing to a renewed understanding of contemporary Arab intellectual history and the revolutionary circulations that shaped the Global Sixties.

Editor's notes

La revue remercie l'Université Paris Nanterre (UFR SITEC, Presses universitaires de Paris Nanterre) ainsi que le CNRS Sciences humaines et sociales et la MSH Paris-Saclay pour leur soutien.

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