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Author Abu-'Uksa, Wael, 1979- author.

Title Freedom in the Arab world : concepts and ideologies in Arabic thought in the nineteenth century / Wael Abu-'Uksa, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Publication Info. Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 235 pages .)
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Series Cambridge EBA Collection
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary An examination of the concept of freedom in nineteenth-century Arabic political thought, and how it relates to other modern ideologies.
Contents Machine generated contents note: Rationale -- Survey of Literature and the Study's Contribution -- 1. Politicization of Freedom, 1798 -- 1820 -- France in Egypt and the Levant, 1798 -- 1801 -- Egyptians and Levantines in France, 1801 -- 1820 -- 2. A Conceptual View of Arabic Modernity through Two Key Concepts, "Civilization" and "Progress" (Tamaddun and Taqaddum) -- Politicizing "Progress" and "Civilization" -- Time and the Structure of "Civilization" and "Progress" -- Theorization and Instrumentalization of "Civilization" and "Progress" -- 3. Burdening the Political Aspects of Freedom: The Formative Period, 1820 -- 1860 -- Texts, Politics, and Technological Developments -- Emergence of the Language of Individual Freedom: Individual Principles, Constitutionalism, Sovereignty of the People, and Natural Rights -- Collective Aspects of the Language of Freedom: Freedom of Dynasties, Political Entities, and Institutions -- Language of Nationalism, Transitions in Group Appellations, and Concepts of Belonging -- Language of National Liberation, 1798-1882 -- 4. Construction of Modern Ideologies in Arabic, 1860 -- 1882 -- From the Ideas of Freedom to the Ideologies of Freedom -- From "Proponents of Freedom" to Socialism, Communism, and Anarchism -- Theorizing Freedom: Ideologies of Tolerance, Autocratic Constitutionalism, and Liberalism.
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Subject Political culture -- Arab countries -- History -- 19th century.
Political culture.
Arab countries.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Political science -- Arab countries -- History -- 19th century.
Political science.
Liberty.
Arabic language -- History -- 19th century.
Arab countries -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
Liberty.
freedom.
Arabic language.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
Intellectual life.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Abu-'Uksa, Wael, 1979- Freedom in the Arab world. Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016 9781107161245 110716124X (DLC) 2016026748 (OCoLC)945564277
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