Arabs in the mirror : images and self-images from pre-Islamic to modern times /

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To bring new perspectives to the question of Arab identity, Iraqi-born scholar Nissim Rejwan has assembled this collection of writings of Arab and Western intellectuals, who try to define what it means to be Arab. He begins with pre-Islamic times and continues to the last decades of the 20th century...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rejwan, Nissim (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Geschichte
Arabs.
National characteristics, Arab.
Intellectuals > Arab countries.
Democracy > Arab countries.
Arabes.
Intellectuels > États arabes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Middle Eastern.
Arabs
Democracy
Intellectual life
Intellectuals
National characteristics, Arab
Social conditions
15.59 history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: other.
Nationalcharakter
Geistesleben
Identity.
Image.
Araber.
Intellektuella > Arabländerna.
Nationalkaraktär > Arabländerna.
Arab countries > Intellectual life.
Egypt > Social conditions.
États arabes > Vie intellectuelle.
Égypte > Conditions sociales.
Arab countries
Egypt
Arabische Staaten
"Multi-User"
History (form)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The bedouin, the camel, the sand, and the palm tree
  • Identity and self-definition
  • Ibn Khaldun's appraisal appraised
  • "Arabizing the Arabs"
  • Self-images old and new
  • Calls for "critical self-analysis"
  • Unity in diversity
  • The quest for democracy
  • Resources and development
  • The social scene
  • The case of Egypt
  • The West's inroads
  • The difference Israel has made
  • New lessons for old
  • The intellectuals
  • Appendix : portraits in a mirror : three fictional versions.

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