Contemporary Arab contribution to world culture : an Arab-Western dialogue / Edited by Magdi Youssef.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yūsuf, Majdī, author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic civilization--Congresses.

Islamic civilization.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

vi, 225 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction p. 1 / Magdi Youssef

Part 1 The Contemporary Arab Contribution to World Culture in the Current Natural Sciences

Chapter 2 Locality as a Source of Originality: A Model from Pharmacology. The Positive Influence of Capsaicin (a component of the Libyan Traditional Food Harisa) on Gastric Ulcer and on Transport across Biological Membranes p. 10 / Mohamed Raouf Hamed

Chapter 3 Commentary on the Study entitled "The Positive Influence of Capsaicin (Harisa, in Libyan Cuisine) on Gastric Ulcer and on Drug Transport across Biological Membranes" Presented by Professor p. 30 / M. Raouf Hamed (Cairo, Egypt) and Peter Holzer

Chapter 4 The Renewable Material Resources: A Material Base for the Endogenous Sustainable Development of the Local Communities p. 35 / Hamed El-Mously

Chapter 5 Resourcefulness of Plants and People in Local and Regional Sustainable Development p. 80 / J.C. van Weenen

Part 2 The Contemporary Arab Contribution to World Culture in the Social Sciences

Chapter 6 Crise Financière ou Crise Historique du Mode de Production Capitaliste? (On the economic crisis in the U.S.A. and its dependent economies: A Financial Crisis Or Rather a Structural Crisis of a Mode of Production?) p. 98 / Mohamed Dowidar

Part 3 The Contemporary Arab Contribution to World Culture in the Fine Arts and the Literary Discourse

Chapter 7 Reflections on the Narrative of Place: The Infinite Conversation p. 140 / Rasem Badran

Chapter 8 Rasem Badran's Reflections on the Narratives of Place Entitled "The Phenomenon of Space in Architecture" p. 153 / Andreas Weiland

Chapter 9 An Architecture of Identity: Hassan Fathy and Rasem Badran p. 175 / James Steele

Chapter 10 James Steele's Reflections on Hassan Fathy, Rasem Badran and Arab "Architecture of Identity" p. 195 / Andreas Weiland

Chapter 11 Contemporary Arabic Literature and World Literature: A Methodological Proposition p. 208 / Magdi Youssef

Chapter 12 Commentaire au discours de M. Magdi Youssef sur 'La Littérature arabe contemporaine et la Littérature mondiale : Une proposition méthodologique' p. 222 / Andreas Pflitsch.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

152750848X

9781527508484

OCLC:

1028529855

Publisher Number:

99976949882