Utopia and Civilisation in the Arab Nahda

ISBN-13: 9781108491662 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 318 str.

Peter Hill

Opis

Examines the 'Nahda', a cultural renaissance in the Arab world, through the utopian visions of Arab intellectuals during the nineteenth century.

Recenzje

'erudite and thought-provoking … a welcome contribution to post-national and materialist accounts of modernity in the Arab world.' Samah Selim, Global Intellectual History

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Who made the Nahda?; 2. The discourse of civilization; 3. A place in the world; 4. An Arab utopian; Conclusions.