Al-Karnak by Najib Mahfudz: Anatomy of Sovereignty, Inequalities, and Dilemmas of Humanity

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10.2991/assehr.k.220206.014How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Sovereign Power; Biopolitics; Agamben; Al-Karnak

Abstract

Humanity has been the main topic in some of Najib Mahfudz’s works. However, Najib Mahfudz’s works, which make narratives about humanity, are motivated by an overview to describe social inequality. Thus, this research assumes that the humanitarian issues have been the main discussion in several of Najib Mahfudz’s works. In al-Karnak, both social inequality and humanity are two issues highlighted sharply. The narration presented by Najib intersects with citizens who are in post-war crisis conditions, of course, the sovereignty becomes a power to get formal legality. Therefore, this paper discusses anatomy sovereignty, biopolitical life, and humanitarian dilemmas from Giorgio Agamben’s perspective. The data research is textual data from the novel al-Karnak. This study found that the gap was created by cultural and structural domination. In addition, the biopolitical life directs citizens under the biopolitical living system by referring to and affirming the existence of sovereignty.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - M. Hafidzulloh S.M
AU  - Aprinus Salam
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/02/17
TI  - Al-Karnak by Najib Mahfudz: Anatomy of Sovereignty, Inequalities, and Dilemmas of Humanity
BT  - Proceedings of the International Symposium on Religious Literature and Heritage (ISLAGE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 107
EP  - 114
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220206.014
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220206.014
ID  - S.M2022
ER  -