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Contemporary Arab Thought - by Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab (Paperback)

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  • During the second half of the twentieth century, the Arab intellectual and political scene polarized between a search for totalizing doctrines-nationalist, Marxist, and religious-and radical critique.
  • About the Author: Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab a research fellow at the German Orient Institute in Beirut.
  • 512 Pages
  • Philosophy, Political

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During the second half of the twentieth century, the Arab intellectual and political scene polarized between a search for totalizing doctrines-nationalist, Marxist, and religious-and radical critique. Arab thinkers were reacting to the disenchanting experience of postindependence Arab states, as well as to authoritarianism, intolerance, and failed development. They were also responding to successive defeats by Israel, humiliation, and injustice. The first book to take stock of these critical responses, this volume illuminates the relationship between cultural and political critique in the work of major Arab thinkers, and it connects Arab debates on cultural malaise, identity, and authenticity to the postcolonial issues of Latin America and Africa, revealing the shared struggles of different regions and various Arab concerns.



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...a very important contribution to the field of Arab intellectual history...a much-need addition to our field.--Orit Bashkin "International Journal of Middle East Studies"

[An] outstanding contribution that does an excellent job of exposing the self-analysis of contemporary Arab culture.--Yoav Di-Capua "H-Levant"

A must read for all those who want to understand the Arab world's cultural predicament.--Issa J. Boullata "The Middle East Journal"



About the Author



Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab a research fellow at the German Orient Institute in Beirut. She has studied in Beirut and Fribourg, Switzerland, and has taught in Lebanon at the American University of Beirut and at the University of Balamand, and in the United States at Columbia University and Yale University. She is the author of The Theory of Social Action in the Schutz-Parsons Debate.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.9 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.45 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 512
Genre: Philosophy
Sub-Genre: Political
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab
Language: English
Street Date: November 19, 2009
TCIN: 1005239348
UPC: 9780231144896
Item Number (DPCI): 247-18-1544
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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