Arabs Face the Modern World: Religious, Cultural, and Political Responses to the West

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The book begins with reactions to the West in the works of such religious leaders as Afghani, 'Abduh, Al-Kawakibi, Rashid Rida, Qasim Amin, and Taha Husain; the rise of Islamic militancy; and the spread of the nationalist movement. It describes events surrounding the Six-Day War of 1967 and the October War of 1973 and the rise of a new and more violent type of religious fundamentalism. And it summarizes issues that continue to preoccupy Muslim Arabs into the late 1990s - prospects for democracy, the position of ...
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Overview

The book begins with reactions to the West in the works of such religious leaders as Afghani, 'Abduh, Al-Kawakibi, Rashid Rida, Qasim Amin, and Taha Husain; the rise of Islamic militancy; and the spread of the nationalist movement. It describes events surrounding the Six-Day War of 1967 and the October War of 1973 and the rise of a new and more violent type of religious fundamentalism. And it summarizes issues that continue to preoccupy Muslim Arabs into the late 1990s - prospects for democracy, the position of women, changing attitudes toward Israel, and the plight of intellectuals in the face of rising militancy. Rejwan, a Baghdad-born Israeli, brings to this study an intimate knowledge of modern Arabic culture on a popular level, producing a synthesis of history, politics, theology, and feminist currents from the standpoint of an insider/outsider.
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Alvin Z. Rubinstein
Masterly....A rare synthesis of the interaction between ideas and the responses they elicit. -- Alvin Z. Rubinstein
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780813015590
  • Publisher: University Press of Florida
  • Publication date: 3/28/1998
  • Pages: 250
  • Lexile: 1500L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 6.41 (w) x 9.36 (h) x 1.05 (d)

Table of Contents

Preface
1 The Modernist Movement in Arabic Islam
A Question of Adjustment 1
Jamal al-Din al-Afghani and the Revolt of the East 5
Muhammad 'Abduh: His Life and Teachings 12
2 Egypt in the Wake of Modernism
From Religion to National Politics: Rashid Rida and Al-Manar 24
The Fathers of Egyptian Nationalism: Mustafa Kamil and Sa'd Zaghlul 29
The Social Reformists: Qasim Amin and Lutfi al-Sayyid 35
The Crisis Erupts: 'Ali 'Abd al-Raziq and Taha Husain 43
The Roots of the Dilemma: Coming to Terms with Western Rationalism 53
3 Islam Takes the Offensive
In the Name of Allah: The Rise of the Muslim Brethren 57
Guideposts on the Road: An Ideology for Militant Islam 67
4 The Secularist Response
Islam and Arab Nationalism: Two Approaches 76
Arab Nationalism: The Search for an Ideology 87
5 The Shock of 1967
Self-Criticism after the Defeat: Calls for Radical Change 104
The Literary Front 115
New Lessons for Old: Costi Zureiq and the Revival of Arab Culture 127
6 Patterns of Disillusionment
Reactions to Westernization: "Mental Invasion" and Self-Assertion 137
The Broken Cup: Muhammad Wahbi and the Modern Arab Predicament 143
Under the Spell of the West: The Case of Hisham Sharabi 151
7 October and After
Nasserism: Decline and Fall 160
Egypt and the Arab World 164
The Literary-Cultural Scene 168
Egypt's Embattled Intelligentsia, 1967-1987 173
Historicism versus Traditionalism: Role of the Intellectual 177
Islam on the Defensive 187
8 The Shifty Nineties
Fast-Fading Glimpses of Democracy 192
The Algerian Experiment and Its Aftermath 199
Democracy's Grim Prospects 205
Attitudes toward Israel: From Demonology to Normalcy 213
Women's Liberation - and Men's 221
Intellectuals Under Stress 229
Notes 235
Index 245
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