Political Thought and Political History: Studies in Memory of Elie Kedourie

by Moshe Gammer (Editor)

Overview

This volume is limited to contributions by Professor Kedourie's previous students. It reveals the far-reaching range of his interests and the immense expanse of his horizons. The first part deals with philosophy, political thought and ideology and the second with history and politics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135774844
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/02/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	186
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

MOSHA GAMMER, Joseph Kostiner, Moshe Shemesh

Table of Contents

Introduction - Elie Kedourie as teacher. Part 1 Philosophy, political thought and ideology: Schiller's theory of aesthetic semblance, Patrick Murray; notes on the concept of the civil condition, David H. Sandiford; the role of education in the development of Arab nationalism in the fertile crescent during the 1920s, Yoram Kahati; Islam vis-a-vis communism and socialism, Rami Ginat; Sun Yat-Sen's influence on Mu'ammar Qadhdhafi, Audrey Wells. Part 2 History and politics: Vorontsov's campaign of 1845 - a reconstruction and reinterpretation, Moshe Gammer; dating the past - C.J. Edmonds and the invention of modern Iraq, Liora Lukitz; Nahhas, the Arab league and the postwar order - a reinterpretation, Eran Lerman; the causes of the failure of democracy in Iran, 1941-1953, Massoumeh Torfeh; Arab strategy towards the Arab-Israeli conflict, January 1964 to June 1967, Moshe Shemesh; Elie Kedourie's teaching of Middle Eastern history.