| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 485 pages) |
| Contents |
The scope and limitation of post-1967 Arab thought -- Contemporary Arab intellectual trends -- Secularism and its hazards : the recent debate in the Arab world -- Contemporary Arab philosophical views of secularism -- Formation of contemporary identities : nationalism and Islamism in contemporary Arab thought -- Traditional values, social change and the contemporary Arab personality -- Globalization : a contemporary Islamic response? -- Contemporary Arab thought and globalization -- Rāshid Ghannūshī and the questions of Sharīʻah and civil society -- Muslim self-criticism in contemporary Arab thought : the case of Shaykh Muḥammad al-Ghazālī -- Islam and Muslims in crisis -- Toward a critical Arab reason : the contributions of Muḥammad ʻĀbid al-Jābīrī -- Towards modern Arab reason -- Costantine Zurayk and the search for Arab nationalism -- Mahdī ʻĀmil and the unfinished project of Arab marxist philosophy -- Abdallah Laroui : from objective marxism to liberal etatism |
| Summary |
Contemporary Arab Thought is a complex term, encompassing a constellation of social, political, religious and ideological ideas that have evolved over the past two hundred years - ideas that represent the leading positions of the social classes in modern and contemporary Arab societies. Distinguished Islamic scholar Ibrahim Abu-Rabi' addresses such questions as the Shari'ah, human rights, civil society, secularism and globalization. This is complimented by a focused discussion on the writings of key Arab thinkers who represent established trends of thought in the Arab world, including Muhammad 'Abid al-Jabiri, Adallah Laroui, Muhammad al-Ghazali, Rashid al-Ghannoushi, Qutatnine Zurayk, Mahdi 'Amil and many others. Before 1967, some Arab countries launched hopeful programmes of modernisation. After the 1967 defeat with Israel, many of these hopes were dashed. This book retraces the Arab world's aborted modernity of recent decades. Abu-Rabi' explores the development of contemporary Arab thought against the historical background of the rise of modern Islamism, and the impact of the West on the modern Arab world |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-481) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Arab nationalism.
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Secularism -- Arab countries
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Islamic renewal.
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Islam and politics -- Arab countries
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Globalization.
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globalism.
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HISTORY -- World.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Islamic Studies.
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Arab nationalism
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Globalization
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Intellectual life
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Islam and politics
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Islamic renewal
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Secularism
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Islam
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Säkularismus
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Intellektueller
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Politisches Denken
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Geestesgeschiedenis.
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Islamitische filosofie.
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Arab countries -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
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Arab countries
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Arabische Staaten
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Araber.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2003010260 |
| ISBN |
9781849642194 |
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1849642192 |
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1281750247 |
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9781281750242 |
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9786611750244 |
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661175024X |
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1435661990 |
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9781435661998 |
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1783715871 |
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9781783715879 |
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