Arabic thought in the liberal age, 1798-1939 / Albert Hourani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hourani, Albert, 1915-1993, author.

Contributor:

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Arab countries--History.

Political science.

Arab countries--Politics and government.

Arab countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 406 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1983.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age is the most comprehensive study of the modernizing trend of political and social thought in the Arab Middle East. Albert Hourani studies the way in which ideas about politics and society changed during the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth centuries, in response to the expanding influence of Europe. His main attention is given to the movement of ideas in Egypt and Lebanon. He shows how two streams of thought, the one aiming to restate the social principles of Islam, and the other to justify the separation of religion from politics, flowed into each other to create the Egyptian and Arab nationalisms of the present century. The last chapter of the book surveys the main tendencies of thought in the post-war years. Since its publication in 1962, this book has been regarded as a modern classic of interpretation. It was reissued by the Cambridge University Press in 1983 and has subsequently sold over 8000 copies.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Preface to the 1983 reissue

Note on Transliteration and References

I The Islamic State

II The Ottoman Empire

III First Views of Europe

IV The First Generation: Tahtawi, Khayr Al-Din, and Bustani

V Jamal Al-Din Al-Afghani

VI Muhammad 'Abduh

VII 'Abduh's Egyptian Disciples: Islam and Modern Civilization

VIII Egyptian Nationalism

IX Rashid Rida

X Christian Secularists: Shumayyil and Antun

XI Arab Nationalism

XII Taha Husayn

XIII Epilogue: Past and Future

Select Bibliography

Supplement

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliography (p. 374-395) and index.

ISBN:

9780511096983

0511096984

9781107710443

1107710448

9781107712980

110771298X

9780511801990

0511801998

OCLC:

927198927

Publisher Number:

2027/heb00896 hdl