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Arabic Thought beyond the Liberal Age: Towards an Intellectual History of the Nahda
Edited By Jens Hanss
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hardcover. A fundamental overhaul of modern Arab intellectual history, reassessing cultural production and political thought in the light of current scholarship. Editor(s): Hanssen, Jens; Weiss, Max. Num Pages: 458 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; HBLL; HBLW; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 834.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
458
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107136335
SKU
V9781107136335
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About Edited By Jens Hanss
Jens Hanssen is Associate Professor of Arab Civilization, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean History at the University of Toronto. Max Weiss is Associate Professor of History and Near Eastern Studies and the Elias Boudinot Bicentennial Preceptor at Princeton University, New Jersey.
Reviews for Arabic Thought beyond the Liberal Age: Towards an Intellectual History of the Nahda
'The empirically rich, theoretically sophisticated and intellectually innovative perspectives on the nahda and its legacies that this volume offers make it essential reading for students of Arab intellectual history.' Zachary Lockman, New York University 'This collection of essays is an invaluable historiography and a must read for all graduate students and scholars of the modern Middle East and North Africa ... Read more