TY - BOOK AU - Diab,Rasha TI - Shades of ṣulḥ: the rhetorics of Arab-Islamic reconciliation T2 - Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy, and Culture SN - 9780822981343 AV - P301.5.P67 D53 2016 U1 - 303.6/909175927 23 PY - 2016/// KW - Conflict management KW - Reconciliation KW - Persuasion (Rhetoric) KW - Peace-building KW - Arab countries KW - Arabic language KW - Rhetoric KW - Political aspects KW - Gestion des conflits KW - Réconciliation KW - Consolidation de la paix KW - États arabes KW - Arabe (Langue) KW - Rhétorique KW - Discours politique KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Islamic Studies KW - bisacsh KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES KW - General KW - fast KW - Dispute resolution (Islamic law) KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: discursive spaces for peace -- Peacemaking topoi: cultural Iterations of relational and moral needs -- The power of sweet persuasion: cultural inflections of interpersonal ṣulḥ rhetorics -- We the reconciled: the convergence of ṣulḥ and human rights -- From the Egyptian People's Assembly to the Israeli Knesset: al-Sādāt's Knesset address, ṣulḥ, and diplomacy -- To gather at court: ṣulḥ as rhetorical method -- Conclusion: the gift of possibility N2 - "Sulh is a centuries-old Arab-Islamic peacemaking practice. Rasha Diab explores the possibilities and limits of the rhetoric of sulh as it is used to resolve interpersonal, communal, and (inter)national conflicts--with a case illustrating each of these domains. The cases range from medieval to contemporary times and are analyzed using both rhetorical and critical discourse analyses"-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1289633 ER -