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Language and change in the Arab Middle East : the evolution of modern political discourse / by Ami Ayalon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ayalon, Ami, 1945-
- Series:
- Studies in Middle Eastern history (New York, N.Y.)
- Studies in Middle Eastern history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arabic language--19th century.
- Arabic language.
- Political science--Arab countries--History--19th century.
- Political science.
- History.
- Arab countries--Politics and government.
- Arab countries.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- x, 196 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.
- Summary:
- Middle Eastern society experienced sudden and profound change in the 19th century under the impact of European expansion and influence. But as Western ideas about politics, technology, and culture began to infiltrate Arab society, the old language proved to be an inadequate vehicle for transmitting these alien concepts from abroad. In this study of the rise of modern Arabic, Ayalon examines 19th-century linguistic change in the Eastern Arab world as a mirror of changing Arab perceptions and responses to the West as well as a guide to the emergence of modern Arabic concepts, institutions, and practices. Focusing on the realm of political discourse, Ayalon looks at a wide array of evidence--local chronicles, travel accounts, translations of European writings, Arab political treatises, newspapers and periodicals, and dictionaries--to show how shifts in the color, tone, and meaning of the Arab vocabulary reflected a new socio-political and cultural reality.
- Contents:
- 1. Religious Communities and Nation-States 16
- 2. Sultans, Kings, Emperors 29
- 3. Subjects and Citizens 43
- 4. The Sociopolitical Elite
- Traditional Standards of Seniority 54
- 5. The Sociopolitical Elite
- Leadership by Popular Election 69
- 6. Constitutions, Laws, Legislation 81
- 7. Government, Autocratic and Otherwise 97
- 8. Instruments of Modern Politics
- Parliaments and Parties 110.
- Notes:
- "In cooperation with the Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies."--T.p.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 165-187.
- ISBN:
- 0195041402
- OCLC:
- 14002545
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