Freedom in the Arab World: Concepts and Ideologies in Arabic Thought in the Nineteenth Century
Author:   Wael Abu-'Uksa
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781316613825


Pages:   247
Publication Date:   22 November 2018
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Wael Abu-'Uksa
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.10cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.350kg
ISBN:  

9781316613825


ISBN 10:   1316613828
Pages:   247
Publication Date:   22 November 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction; 1. The politicization of freedom, 1798–1820; 2. A conceptual view of Arabic modernity through two key concepts, 'civilization' and 'progress' (tamaddun and taqaddum); 3. Burdening the political aspects of freedom: the formative period, 1820–60; 4. The construction of modern ideologies in Arabic, 1860–82; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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Wael Abu-ʿUksa is a Polonsky Fellow at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and an assistant professor in the Political Science department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was a visiting postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University, Massachusetts. During the course of his career, he received many grants and scholarships including the Stephen Robert Memorial Prize in Excellence and a Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholarship. His publications include Liberalism and Left in Arab Thought after 1990.

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