What is enlightenment? : continuity or rupture in the wake of the Arab uprisings /

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This volume examines whether the Arab Uprisings introduce a replica of the European Enlightenment or rather stimulate an Arab/Islamic Awakening with its own cultural specificity and political philosophy. By placing Immanuel Kant in Tahrir Square, Cairo, this book adopts a comparative analysis of two...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cherkaoui, Mohammed D., 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]
Temas:
Since 2000
Arab Spring, 2010-
Enlightenment > Arab countries.
Printemps arabe, 2010-2011.
Siècle des Lumières > États arabes.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Enlightenment
Politics and government
Arab countries > Politics and government > 21st century.
États arabes > Politique et gouvernement > 21e siècle.
Arab countries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: 1. the Arab uprisings: the freedom-to question / Mohammed D. Cherkaoui
  • Part I: Experimenting with social change: 2. Immanuel Kant in Tahrir Square / Mohammed D. Cherkaoui
  • 3. Newtonian Force of the Arab Uprisings / Mohammed D. Cherkaoui and Hani Albasoos
  • 4. The Battle for Syria: The Bloody Non-violent Protest / Mohammed D. Cherkaoui and Radwan Ziadeh
  • Part II: Debating Reason and Modernity: 5. Revolutionary Mediatization and the New Arab Civil Sphere / Mohammed D. Cherkaoui
  • 6. The Google-Earth Democracy: The Two-Legitimacy Conflict in Egypt / Mohammed D. Cherkaoui
  • Part III: Connecting the Arab Public Sphere to the World: 7. How Do We Know What We "Know" about Politics and Reform in the Arab World? / Brian R. Calfano
  • 8. Crafting Democracy: Political Learning as a Precondition for Sustainable Development in the Maghreb / John P. Entelis
  • 9. Religion, Youth and Women in the Arab Region: Challenging Global Institutions and Politics of Development / Azza Karam
  • Part IV: Predicting an Arab Age of Enlightenment: 10. Democracy against Social Reform: the Arab 'Spring' Faces its Demons / Albena Azmanova
  • 11. Organizing Principles for the Arab Enlightenment: Philosophical Reflections on the History of Power / Solon J. Simmons
  • 12. The 'Dialectic of Enlightenment' and the New Arab Awakening / Richard E. Rubenstein
  • 13. An Arab Axial Age? / Mohammed D. Cherkaoui
  • 14. Conclusion: Islamocracy or Demoslamic Politics? The New Dialectic / Mohammed D. Cherkaoui
  • Bibliography.

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