Contemporary Arab Thought : Studies in Post-1967 Arab Intellectual History.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword The Travails of the Arab Intellectual -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One Themes -- 1 The Scope and Limitation of Post- 1967 Arab Thought -- 2 Contemporary Arab Intellectual Trends -- 3 Secularism and its Hazards: The Recent Debate in the Arab World -- 4 Contemporary Arab Philosophical 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 Globalization: A Contemporary Islamic Response? -- 8 Contemporary Arab Thought and Globalization -- Part Two Thinkers -- 9 Rashid al- Ghannushi and the Questions of Shari'ah and Civil Society -- 10 Muslim Self- Criticism in Contemporary Arab Thought: The Case of Shaykh Muhammad al- Ghazali -- 11 Islam and Muslims in Crisis -- 12 Towards a Critical Arab Reason: The Contributions of Muhammad Î Abid al- Jabiri -- 13 Towards Modern Arab Reason -- 14 Costantine Zurayk and the Search for Arab Nationalism -- 15 Mahdi 'Amil and the Unfinished Project of Arab Marxist Philosophy -- 16 Abdallah Laroui: From Objective Marxism to Liberal Etatism -- 17 Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

First comprehensive book on the history and development of Arab philosophy, tackling major issues and key thinkers.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.