在怀念与梦想中远去:贝都因人的勃兴、演进与式微

Fading away in Yearning and Dream: Bedouin's Rise,Development and Decline

7世纪以来,作为闪族后裔的贝都因人,以伊斯兰为旗帜和统一象征,实现了历史上的第五次民族勃兴。在建立帝国的过程中,他们取得了语言和宗教两方面的胜利,自身却不得不在与帝国秩序的对抗中退居大漠深处。19世纪的欧洲殖民扩张遏制了闪族后裔们的又一次千年大迁徙,20世纪的现代化和全球化,更迫使他们在对帝国的想象中经历了从征服者到被征服者、从部落平民到精神贵族的痛苦嬗变。

The fifth national renaissance of Shemite has been realized by its descendant,Bedouin,with Islam as the oriflamme and symbol of unity after the seventh century.During the course of the empire's foundation,though Bedouin had achieved great triumphs both in language and religion,they themselves were conquered in the conflict with the imperial order and withdrew into deeper desert.Europe's colonial expansion prevented Bedouin's another rise in the 19th century and the modernization and globalization of the 20th century have made them suffer the painful changes from conqueror to victim of conquest,from tribesmen to mere spiritual noblemen.