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Arabic Thought Beyond the Liberal Age : Towards an Intellectual History of the Nahda

Hanssen, Jens editor, Weiss, Max, 1977- editor

2016

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\"What is the relationship between thought and practice in the domains of language, literature and politics? Is thought the only standard by which to measure intellectual history? How did Arab intellectuals change and affect political, social, cultural and economic developments from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries? This volume offers a fundamental overhaul and revival of modern Arab intellectual history. Using Hourani's Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age, 1798-1939 (Cambridge, 1962) as a starting point, it reassesses Arabic cultural production and political thought in the light of current scholarship and extends the analysis beyond Napoleon's invasion of Egypt and the outbreak of World War II. The chapters offer a mixture of broad-stroke history on the construction of 'the Muslim world,' and the emergence of the rule of law and constitutionalism in the Ottoman empire, as well as case studies on individual Arab intellectuals that illuminate the transformation of modern Arabic thought\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: Social change Arab countries History. / Muslims Arab countries Intellectual life. / Intellectuals Arab countries Biography. / Liberalism Arab countries History. / Political science Arab countries History. / Politics and literature Arab countries History. / HISTORY - Middle East - General. / Arab countries Intellectual life 18th century. / Arab countries Intellectual life 19th century. / Arab countries Intellectual life 20th century. / Arab countries Politics and government.
• ISBN: 9781107136335

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
DS36.88.A74284 2016	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE