Introduction / Christoph Schumann -- Part one : the impact of the west : mission, mandate, and education -- Part two : constitutionalism, revolution, and liberal thought -- Part three : liberal thought and its ambivalences
Summary
"This volume analyzes liberal thought in the Eastern Mediterranean since the late nineteenth century, highlighting its long-term and ongoing influence, and challenging the conventional wisdom that liberalism has no legitimate place in the region's intellectual discourse."--Jacket