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1 online resource (xii, 259 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Edinburgh studies in modern Arabic literature
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Edinburgh studies in modern Arabic literature.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-259) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction : perspectives, paradigms and parameters -- Contemporary interpretations of the nahḍah : tradition, modernity and the Arab intellectual -- The reintegration of pre-modern Christians into the mainstream of Arabic literature and the creation of an inter-religious cultural space -- Guardians of the pre-modern Arab-Islamic humanist tradition : legends without a legacy, a tradition without heirs -- Language reform and controversy : the al-Shartūnīs respond in defence of the pre-modern humanist tradition -- Arabism, patriotism and Ottomanism as means to reform -- Arab intellectuals and the west : borrowing for the sake of progress -- Education, reform and enlightened Azharīs -- Enacting reform : local agents, statesmen, missionaries and the evolution of a cultural infrastructure. |
Summary |
Explores the key factors that contributed to the Arab Renaissance (nahḍah) in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Focuses on internal factors including the home-grown humanist movement of the period that drove much of the linguistic, literary, and educational activity of the period. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Civilization, Arab -- Western influences.
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Civilization, Arab -- Western influences. |
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Civilization, Arab -- 19th century.
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Civilization, Arab. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Civilization, Arab -- 20th century.
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Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Humanism -- Arab countries -- 19th century.
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Humanism. |
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Arab countries. |
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Humanism -- Arab countries -- History -- 20th century.
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History. |
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Arab countries -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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Intellectual life. |
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Arab countries -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Patel, Abdulrazzak. Arab Nahḍah. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2013] 9780748640690 (DLC) 2013455260 (OCoLC)823896787 |
ISBN |
9780748677900 (electronic book) |
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0748677909 (electronic book) |
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1299735797 (electronic book) |
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9781299735798 (electronic book) |
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