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The Making of the Arab Intellectual : Empire, Public Sphere and the Colonial Coordinates of Selfhood.
In the wake of the Ottoman Empire's nineteenth-century reforms, as guilds waned and new professions emerged, the scholarly 'estate' underwent social differentiation. Some found employment in the state's new institutions as translators, teachers and editors, whilst others resisted...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2012.
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| Colección: | SOAS/Routledge studies on the Middle East.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the wake of the Ottoman Empire's nineteenth-century reforms, as guilds waned and new professions emerged, the scholarly 'estate' underwent social differentiation. Some found employment in the state's new institutions as translators, teachers and editors, whilst others resisted civil servant status. Gradually, the scholar morphed into the public writer. Despite his fledgling status, he catered for the public interest all the more so since new professionals such as doctors, engineers and lawyers endorsed this latest social role as an integral part of their own self-image. This dual p. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (290 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781136167584 1136167587 9780203080474 0203080475 |