The new Arab public sphere / Muhammad I. Ayish.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

ʻĀyish, Muḥammad ʻIṣām.

Series:

Medien und politische Kommunikation-- Naher Osten und islamische Welt ; Bd. 15.

Medien und politische Kommunikation-- Naher Osten und islamische Welt, 1863-4486 ; v. 15 = Media and political communication-- Middle East and Islam ; v. 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication--Political aspects--Arab countries.

Communication.

Communication--Social aspects--Arab countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Frank & Timme, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The introduction of satellite television and Web-based communications in traditional societies are often taken as manifestations of a new more democratic public sphere. In the book this Western intellectual tradition is taken to task for failing to grasp the real dynamics of an Arab public sphere that has yet to be realized. The author argues that we could not conceive of the Arab public sphere outside the boundaries of sustainable egalitarian and participatory political developments in Arabian societies. Ayish harnesses the notion of 'Islamocracy' or Islamic democracy to put forward a new pub

Contents:

Contents; I INTRODUCTION; II CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; III NORMATIVE ARAB-ISLAMIC TRADITIONS; IV THE MODERN ARAB PUBLIC SPHERE; V THE ARAB WORLD IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION; VI THE EMERGING ARAB PUBLIC SPHERE; VII TOWARDS AN ARAB-ISLAMIC PUBLIC SPHERE; VIII CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-251).

ISBN:

3-86596-984-4

9783865969842

OCLC:

881571830