Contemporary Arab thought : studies in post-1967 Arab intellectual history / Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi'.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abu-Rabiʻ, Ibrahim M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab nationalism.

Secularism--Arab countries.

Secularism.

Islamic renewal.

Islam and politics--Arab countries.

Islam and politics.

Globalization.

Arab countries--Intellectual life--20th century.

Arab countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (512 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contemporary Arab Thought is a complex term, encompassing a constellation of social, political, religious and ideological ideas that have evolved over the past two hundred years - ideas that represent the leading positions of the social classes in modern and contemporary Arab societies.Distinguished Islamic scholar Ibrahim Abu-Rabi' addresses such questions as the Shari'ah, human rights, civil society, secularism and globalization. This is complimented by a focused discussion on the writings of key Arab thinkers who represent established trends of thought in the Arab world, including Muhammad 'Abid al-Jabiri, Adallah Laroui, Muhammad al-Ghazali, Rashid al-Ghannoushi, Qutatnine Zurayk, Mahdi 'Amil and many others.Before 1967, some Arab countries launched hopeful programmes of modernisation. After the 1967 defeat with Israel, many of these hopes were dashed. This book retraces the Arab world's aborted modernity of recent decades. Abu-Rabi' explores the development of contemporary Arab thought against the historical background of the rise of modern Islamism, and the impact of the West on the modern Arab world.

Contents:

The scope and limitation of post-1967 Arab thought

Contemporary Arab intellectual trends

Secularism and its hazards : the recent debate in the Arab world

Contemporary Arab philosophical views of secularism

Formation of contemporary identities : nationalism and Islamism in contemporary Arab thought

Traditional values, social change, and the contemporary Arab personality

Globalization : a contemporary Islamic response?

Contemporary Arab thought and globalization

Rāshid al-Ghannūshī and the questions of Sharī'ah and civil society

Muslim self-criticism in contemporary Arab thought : the case of Shaykh Muhạmmad al-Ghazālī

Islam and Muslims in crisis

Toward a critical Arab reason : the contributions of Muhạmmad 'Ābid al-Jābīrī

Towards modern Arab reason

Costantine Zurayk and the search for Arab nationalism

Mahdī 'Āmil and the unfinished project of Arab Marxist philosophy

Abdallah Laroui : from objective Marxism to liberal etatism

Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-481) and index.

ISBN:

9786611750244

9781783715879

1783715871

9781849642194

1849642192

9781281750242

1281750247

9781435661998

1435661990

OCLC:

71347115