Taha Husain's education : from the Azhar to the Sorbonne / Abdelrashid Mahmoudi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maḥmūdī, ʻAbd al-Rashīd al-Ṣādiq, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ḥusayn, Ṭāhā, 1889-1973--Knowledge and learning.

Ḥusayn, Ṭāhā.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Taha Husein is rightly regarded as the father of modern Arabic literature and his work is widely used as introductory texts for students of the language. In this highly original book, Dr Mahmoudi describes Husein's cultural and intellectual journey through his education in Egypt and France. Husein's humanism and modernism can be traced from his time at the al Azhar through his time in the influential circle of Ahmad Lutfi al-Sayyid to his famous study mission to France, where he witnessed the twilight of positivism. Taha Husein's Education will add to our understanding of this great Egyptian a

Contents:

Cover; Original Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations Used in the Notes; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; I A Passion for the World; II From Theology to Literature; III The Discovery of History; The Teacher of the Generation; The Egyptian National University; Carlo Alfonso Nallino; David Santillana; Louis Massignon; IV The Early Writings; On Criticism; Against Jurjī Zaydān; The Past glories of Arabic; The Life of literature; The Encounter with the Sage of Ma'arra; V Back to the French Sources; VI The Twilight of Positivism; The Sweet Voice; Reflections on al-Khansā'

A Love storyThe New Sorbonne; The Positivist field; Positivist reformism; Cartesian doubt; The Methodological crisis; VII Reconciliations; The Lansonian Synthesis; A common front against Ibn Khaldūn; The Croisets; Hellenic humanism; The Logic of the heart; Positivism dying hard; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

First published in 1998 by Curzon Press.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-136-80968-6

1-138-98350-0

1-315-02727-5

1-136-80961-9

9781315027272

OCLC:

958103942