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The illusion of progress in the Arab world : a critique of Western misconstructions / Galal Amin; translated by David Wilmsen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Amin, Galal A., 1935-
- Standardized Title:
- Khurafat taqaddum wa ta'akhkhur al-'arab wa-l-hadara al-'arabiya fi mustahall al-qarn al-wahid wa-l-'ishrin. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arab countries--History.
- Arab countries.
- Arab countries--Relations--Western countries.
- Western countries--Relations--Arab countries.
- Western countries.
- Arab countries--Social conditions.
- Arab countries--Politics and government.
- Arab countries--Economic aspects.
- Arab countries--Foreign public opinion, Western.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (162 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cairo : American University in Cairo Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- With the razor pen and keen intellect that have won him numerous loyal readers for his previous books, Egyptian economist Galal Amin here takes on the terms of the debate between the Arab world and the west. Amin deconstructs in his own inimitable style the language and underlying assumptions with which the west habitually assails Arab countries and politics. He applies his sharp wit and powers of observation to notions of freedom, democracy, human rights, terrorism (of course), and more, all of which fare the worse for falling under his gaze. In Amin's view, the western concepts of progress a
- Contents:
- Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1 - The Illusion of Progress; 2 - Economic Development; 3 - Human Development; 4 - Freedom; 5 - Democracy; 6 - Capitalism; 7 - Human Rights; 8 - The Information Revolution; 9 - Ethics; 10 - Terrorism; 11 - Progress Backward?; 12 - Modernization or Reform?; Notes
- Notes:
- Translated from the Arabic, Khurāfat al-taqaddum wa-al-taʼakhkhur : al-ʻArab wa-al-ḥaḍārah al-Gharbīyah fī mustahil al-qarn al-wāḥid wa-al-ʻishrīn, published in Madīnat Naṣr, al-Qāhirah by Dār al-Shurūq, 2005--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781617970566
- 1617970565
- 9781936190713
- 1936190710
- OCLC:
- 948378270
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