Per una critica del concetto di resilienza occidentale a partire dal sumud
Published 2025-11-28
Keywords
- resilience,
- power,
- Knowledge,
- critica sociale,
- Movements
- Conflict ...More
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Abstract
L’intento del seguente paper è quello di dimostrare la possibilità di un ripensamento del concetto di “resilienza” a partire dal contesto palestinese: nello specifico, per ripensare il concetto di resilienza così come è interpretato in Occidente (resilienza del singolo nelle avversità e suo adattamento) il lavoro trae ispirazione dal concetto di sumud, elaborato all’interno delle azioni di resilienza, resistenza e lotta palestinese. Per fare questo il seguente lavoro riprende alcuni concetti, come quello di “trauma vicario” (Jabr 2019) e prova a interpretarli a partire dal riconoscimento delle connessioni che nascono da un sentire comune di singoli e collettività diffuse che ancora trovano ispirazione dalla causa palestinese, agendo e mobilitandosi intorno alla parola sumud.
The aim of the following paper is to show the possibility of rethinking the concept of resilience starting from the Palestinian context: specifically, to rethink the concept of resilience as it is interpreted in the West (resilience of the individual in adversity and his adaptation), the work draws inspiration from the concept of sumud, elaborated within the actions of Palestinian resistance and struggle. To do this, the following work takes up some concepts, such as that of “vicarious trauma” (Jabr 2019) and tries to interpret them starting from the recognition of the connections that arise from a common feeling of individuals and widespread collectivities that still find inspiration from the Palestinian cause, acting and mobilizing around the word sumud.
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