Overview
Contemporary Arab Thought is a multifaceted book, encompassing a constellation of social, political, religious and ideological ideas that have evolved over the past two hundred years - ideas that represent the leading positions of the social classes in modern and contemporary Arab societies. Distinguished Islamic scholar Ibrahim Abu-Rabi' addresses such questions as the Shari'ah, human rights, civil society, secularism and globalisation. This is complimented by a focused discussion on the writings of key Arab thinkers who represent established trends of thought in the Arab world, including Muhammad Abid al-Jabiri, Adallah Laroui, Muhammad al-Ghazali, Rashid al-Ghannoushi, Qutatnine Zurayk, Mahdi Amil and many others. Before 1967, some Arab countries launched hopeful programmes of modernisation. After the 1967 defeat with Israel, many of these hopes were dashed. This book retraces the Arab world's aborted modernity of recent decades. Abu-Rabi explores the development of contemporary Arab thought against the historical background of the rise of modern Islamism, and the impact of the West on the modern Arab world.
Full Product Details
Author: Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi
Publisher: Pluto Press
Imprint: Pluto Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.20cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.734kg
ISBN: 9780745321691
ISBN 10: 0745321690
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 20 November 2003
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
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
'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, Vol.58, no.3, Summer 2004.
Author Information
Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi' is professor of Islamic Studies at the Macdonald Center for the study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at Hartford Seminary and co-editor of The Muslim World. He is the author of Intellectual Origins of Islamic Resurgence in the Modern Arab World (Suny Press), and the editor of several books.
