The predicament of the individual in the Middle East / edited by Hazim Saghie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ṣāghīyah, Ḥāzim.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabs--Middle East.

Arabs.

Individualism--Middle East.

Individualism.

Middle East--Politics and government--1979-.

Middle East.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

224 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Saqi Books, 2001.

Summary:

In a special collector's edition, "Scientific American" provides a must-have compilation of updated feature articles that explore and reveal the mysterious inner workings of our minds and brains. Contents 1. How the Brain Creates the Mind (Antonio R. Damasio) 2. The Problem of Consciousness (Francis Crick and Christof Koch) 3. Vision: A Window on Consciousness (Nikos K. Logothetis) 4. The Split Brain Revisited (Michael S. Gazzaniga) 5. Sex Differences in the Brain (Doreen Kimura) 6. New Nerve Cells for the Adult Brain (Gerd Kempermann and Fred H. Gage) 7. Sign Language in the Brain (Gregory Hickok, Ursula Bellugi, Edward S. Klima) 8. The Meaning of Dreams (Jonathan Winson) 9. Emotion, Memory and the Brain (Joseph E. LeDoux) 10. The Neurobiology of Fear (Ned H. Kalin) 11. The Mind-Body Interaction in Disease (Esther M. Sternberg and Philip W. Gold) 12. The Puzzle of Conscious Experience (David J. Chalmers)

Contents:

Part 1 Politics and Society

1. Iranian Intellectuals and Democratic Individualism / Ramin Jahanbegloo 19

2. Individualism and Collectivism in Israel / Yaron Ezrahi 30

3. Individualism in the Turkish Context / Murat Belge 42

4. Individualism in the Arab Middle East: An Overview / Hazim Saghie 51

5. The Crisis of the Individual in Egypt / Husayn Ahmad Amin 60

6. Individualism in the Arab Maghreb / Saleh Bechir 81

7. Individualism and Politics in Sudan / Khaled Mustafa 93

8. The Kurds and the Obstacles to Individualism / Sami Shourush 104

9. Individualism, Communalism and the Quest for Democracy / Iliya Harik 120

Part 2 Culture and Creative Expression

10. Individuality, Collectivity and the Arts / Els van der Plas 137

11. Arrested Individualism in Arab Culture / Muhammad Abi Samra 146

12. The Peripeteia of Commemoration / Emmanuel Sivan 165

13. The Shift in Israeli Ideas Concerning the Individual and the Collective / Gadi Taub 187

14. Observations Concerning the Individual in Arab Cinema / Ibrahim al-Aris 200

15. Missed Opportunities: Me and my Gender / Mai Ghoussoub 211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0863560539

OCLC:

41581296