Between culture and politics, by: Abdulrahman Munif

This book, which bears a specific title: "Between Culture and Politics," primarily aims to raise a number of issues, which are closer to questions rather than claiming to provide complete answers or solutions. The relationship between culture and politics is a major problematic issue at this stage, because the many disappointments that have followed in recent phases have created a confusing atmosphere, and this atmosphere carried illusions, which necessitates opening a broad dialogue in order to reach a new formulation that defines the relationship between culture and politics, and between intellectuals and politicians. What is said about culture and politics is also said about the relationship between media and culture, the role of the intellectual in the current phase, the view of the Renaissance era, its rise and failure, and also the great and resounding collapse of the Soviet Union and the socialist camp without a political crisis or military defeat, as well as the impact of oil on the entire Arab region. These topics, and others, I saw fit to present as problematic issues that require re-study and reflection, because through this way we can read events and phenomena calmly and objectively, as a prelude to understanding them and then dealing with them in a better way. Number of pages: 256