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Author:   Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.814kg
ISBN:  

9780745321707

ISBN 10:   0745321704
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   20 November 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Foreword by Ghada Talhami PART ONE THEMATIC SECTION Introduction 1. The Scope and Limitation of Post-1967 Arab Intellectual History 2. Contemporary Arab Intellectual Trends 3. Secularism and its Hazards: The Recent Debate in the Arab World 4. Contemporary Arab Views of Secularism 5. Formation of Contemporary Identities: Nationalism and Islamism in Contemporary Arab Thought 6. Traditional Values, Social Change and the Contemporary Arab Personality 7. Globalisation: A Contemporary Islamic Response? 8. Contemporary Arab View of Globalisation PART TWO THINKERS’ SECTION 1. Rashid Ghannoushi [of Tunisia] and the Questions of Shari’ah and Civil Society 2. Muslim Self-Criticism in Contemporary Arab Thought: The Case of Shaykh Muhammad al-Ghazali (1916-1996) 3. Islam and Muslims in Crisis 4. Toward a Critical Arab Reason: The Contributions of Muhammad ‘Abid al-Jabiri 5. Critical Arab Reason 6. Costantine Zurayk and the Search for Arab Nationalism 7. Mahdi ‘Amil and the Unfinished Project of Arab Marxism 8. Abdallah Laroui: From Objective Marxism to Liberal Etatism Conclusions Bibliography Index

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'One hopes that this rich work will inspire further studies. Certainly the student of Arab political thought should find this comprehensive survey .. useful in identifying and gaining familiarity with some of the most important developments in post-1967 Arab political thought' -- Michaelle Browers, Middle East Journal 'This book deals with the major issues facing the Arab world' -- The Middle East

This book deals with the major issues facing the Arab world. -- The Middle East One hopes that this rich work will inspire further studies. Certainly the student of Arab political thought should find this comprehensive survey .. useful in identifying and gaining familiarity with some of the most important developments in post-1967 Arab political thought. -- Michaelle Browers, Middle East Journal

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Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi' is the holder of the Edmonton Council of Muslim Communities Chair of Islamic Studies at the University of Alberta. His many books include The Contemporary Arab Reader on Political Islam (Pluto, 2010), Myth and Reality in the Contemporary Islamist Movement (Pluto, 2005), and The Blackwell Companion to Contemporary Islamic Thought (Blackwells, 2006).

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