Intellectuals and civil society in the Middle East : liberalism, modernity and political discourse / edited by Mohammed A. Bamyeh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bamyeh, Mohammed A., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil society--Middle East.

Civil society.

Intellectuals--Middle East--Social conditions.

Intellectuals.

Middle East--Intellectual life.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 214 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2012.

Summary:

"After the 1989 Islamist coup in Sudan, the National Islamic Front under General Omar al-Bashir and Dr. Hasan Turabi attempted to institutionalise, codify and implement Shari'a law throughout the country. However, by 2005, with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement ending 22 years of civil war, the government agreed to halt its policy of Islamisation in the South. Shari'a and Islamism in Sudan explores how Sudanese society has been transformed by this period of implementation of Islamic Law, and furthermore asks, what are the continuing effects of this policy? And what are the implications of the Peace Agreement for the future of Islamist politics in Sudan and of the country? With data drawn from Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban's most recent research in the region, this book is a vital and unique examination of the nature of the Sudanese state and society, offering invaluable insight for all those interested in the politics, society, and the future of Sudan and the nature of political Islam."--Bloomsbury publishing.

Contents:

Introduction

The Social Dynamism and the Organic Intellectual - Mohammed A. Bamyeh

PART I: INTELLECTUALS AS MODERN VANGUARD

2. Nazik al-'Abid and the Nur al-Fayha' Society: Independent Modernity, Colonial Threat and the Space of Women - Elizabeth Williams

3. Edification Between Sect and Nation: Murad Farag and al-Tahdhib 1901-03 - Lital Levy

4. The Public Intellectual and the Secret Society: Al-Kawakibi and his Legacy - Sanna Makhlouf

PART II: INTELLECTUALS AS DEFENDERS OF HERITAGE

5. The 'Alim as Public Intellectual: Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi as a Scholar-Activist - Steve Tamari

6. Founders of Islam in Republican Turkey: Kisakürek and Topçu - Michelangelo Guida

7. Islamist Intellectuals and Women in Turkey - Fatma Tütüncü PART III: INTELLECTUALS AS MIGRANTS

8. Leading Arab Intellectuals in the West: the Cases of Mohamed Arkoun and Edward Said - Thomas Brisson

9. Some Distinctive Features of Mahjar Arab Intellectuals: On Hisham Sharabi and Halim Barakat - Nedal al-Mousa

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-206) and index.

ISBN:

9780755611256

075561125X

9781786739377

1786739372

OCLC:

1114970938