Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age, 1798-1939 - Softcover

Hourani, Albert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521274230 ISBN 13: 9780521274234

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1983

Synopsis

Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age 1798-1939 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.

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Book Description:

This reissue again makes available Hourani's comprehensive study of the roots of Arab nationalism in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It focuses on the movement of ideas in two countries, Egypt and Lebanon. The author has written a new preface that puts new emphasis on research and interpretation.

From the Back Cover:

This is the most comprehensive study of the modernizing trend of political and social thought in the Arab Middle East.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0521274230
• ISBN 13: 9780521274234
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 406