National and Cultural Identity in Iraq in the Face of the Formation of the New Order in the Middle East. Philosophical Reflection and the Political Reality

Paulina Jagoda Warsza

doi:10.18778/1641-4233.21.05

Authors

Paulina Jagoda Warsza University of Warsaw, Faculty of Political Science and International Studies

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/1641-4233.21.05

Keywords:

Iraq, colonisability, national identity, self-awareness, civil war, national reconciliation

Abstract

After Arab Spring many hopes were dashed. However historical change must be happening now in the area of social awareness. The rise of extremism limits awareness and also endangers the Arab identity. The Arab revolution has to be more than the overthrowing of dictators. Bennabi created the concept of Post- Almohad Man and its “Colonsability” – a tendency to be colonized which allows the aggressor to be transformed into the colonizer. Is Bennabi’s theory applicable to Iraq? Should killing a Post- Almohad Man be the aim, as Bennabi postulated, and only this will allow society to develop? Although Bennabi rather had in mind liberation from auto-stereotype and reconstruction of identity, many still interpret his words literally.

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Author Biography

Paulina Jagoda Warsza, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Political Science and International Studies

A PhD Candidate researcher and an academic lecturer. In her scientific interest she emphasize analyzing and deconstructing various levels and aspects of Identity as one of the factors determining the stability of state in the Middle East. Recently she has been able to widen her expertise on the non-military aspects of security in the MENA region while completing internship at Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, Middle East and North Africa Section of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (at NATO HQ, Brussels, Belgium); as well as in the National Security Bureau. Ms Warsza holds Master of Arts in International Relations (graduated with honors – summa cum laude).

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