Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age 1798-1939

Name: Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age 1798-1939
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ISBN: 9780521274234

ISBN-10: 0521274230

ISBN-13: 9780521274234

Edition: 1983

Authors: Albert H. Hourani

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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…

Book details

List price: $41.99
Copyright year: 1983
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/23/1983
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 418
Size: 5.39" wide x 8.39" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Katalin Kadar Lynn is an independent historian living in Saint Helena, California.



Preface to the 1983 reissue


Notes on transliteration and references



The Islamic state



The Ottoman empire



First views of Europe



The first generation: Tahtawi, Khayr Al-Din, and Bustani



Jamal Al-Din Al-afghani



Muhammad 'Abduh



'Abduh's Egyptian disciples: Islam and modern civilization



Egyptian nationalism



Rashid Rida



Christian secularists: Shumayyil and Antun



Arab nationalism



Taha Husayn



Epilogue: past and future


Select bibliography


Index