Arabs in the Mirror : Images and Self-Images from Pre-Islamic to Modern Times /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rejwan, Nissim
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press, 2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Democracy > Arab countries.
Intellectuals > Arab countries.
National characteristics, Arab.
Arabs.
Egypt > Social conditions.
Arab countries > Intellectual life.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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