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Arabic Thought Beyond the Liberal Age : Towards an Intellectual History of the Nahda
\"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.
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Syria from Reform to Revolt
As Syria's anti-authoritarian uprising and subsequent civil war
have left the country in ruins, the need for understanding the
nation's complex political and cultural realities remains urgent.
The second of a two-volume series, Syria from Reform to Revolt:
Culture, Society, and Religion draws together closely
observed, critical and historicized analyses, giving vital insights
into Syrian society today. With a broad range of disciplinary
perspectives, contributors reveal how Bashar al-Asad's pivotal
first decade of rule engendered changes in power relations and
public discourse-dynamics that would feed the 2011 protest movement
and civil war. Essays focus on key arenas of Syrian social life,
including television drama, political fiction, Islamic foundations,
and Christian choirs and charities, demonstrating the ways in which
Syrians worked with and through the state in attempts to reform,
undermine, or sidestep the regime. The contributors explore the
paradoxical cultural politics of hope, anticipation, and betrayal
that have animated life in Syria under Asad, revealing the
fractures that obstruct peaceful transformation. Syria from Reform
to Revolt provides a powerful assessment of the conditions that
turned Syria's hopeful Arab spring revolution into a catastrophic
civil war that has cost over 200,000 lives and generated the worst
humanitarian crisis of the twenty-first century.
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