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First edition. |
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1 online resource (xxii, 145 pages). |
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text file |
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Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East
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Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East.
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Book collections on Project MUSE.
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Literature.
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Includes index. |
| Summary |
Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898-1987) is recognized as one of the most important figures in the history of modern Arabic literature. Considered a pioneer in many literary forms, including drama, novels, and short stories, al-Hakim influenced generations of Egyptian writers. This book is a collection of essays originally published in 1984 that shows al-Hakim as a public intellectual addressing the ongoing conflict between generations. Al-Hakim muses on the cultural, artistic, and intellectual links and breakages between the old and the young generations. He focuses on the young and their role in the continuing development of Egyptian society, which over the course of the last century or so has undergone foreign occupation, an experiment in parliamentary democracy within a monarchical system, a socialist revolution characterized by both successes and failures, the emergence of a dictatorial presidency, and now the development of a complex political scenario currently dominated by groups with varyingly strong ties to the tenets of Islam. Al-Hakim did not live long enough to witness the most recent phases of this elongated and often disruptive process of experimentation and change, but in his writing, he focuses on the institution that he regards as crucial to any forward progress: the family. The essays present readers with a voice from the past, with uncanny foretelling of issues raised by the events that occurred in Egypt more than twenty years after al-Hakim's death. Radwan's translation, along with Roger Allen's foreword, brings to light al-Hakim's lucid and erudite commentary, much of it as relevant to the problems facing Egyptian youth today as it was when first published. |
| Contents |
Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 172. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Arabic essays.
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Arabic essays. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Allen, Roger (Roger N.), writer of foreword.
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Radwan, Mona, translator.
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Project Muse.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ḥakim, Tawfiq. Revolt of the young : essays. Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, c2015 xxii, 145 pages Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East. 9780815633686 2014953848 |
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9780815653004 |
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081565300X |
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9780815633686 cloth |
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0815633688 cloth |
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