Intellectuals and Civil Society in the Middle East : Liberalism, Modernity and Political Discourse.

Front Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: The Social Dynamism of the Organic Intellectual -- Part I: Intellectuals as Modern Vanguard -- 2. Nazik al-'Abid and the Nur al-Fayha' Society: Independent Modernity, Colonial Threat, and the Space of Women -- 3. Edification between Sect and Nation: Murad Farag and al-Tahdhib, 1901-1903 -- 4. The Public Intellectual and the Secret Society: al-Kawakibi and His Legacy -- Part II: Intellectuals as Defenders of Heritage -- 5. The 'Alim as Public Intellectual: 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi (d. 1731 CE) as a Scholar-Activist -- 6. Founders of Islamism in Republican Turkey: Kısakürek and Topçu -- 7. Islamist Intellectuals and Women in Turkey -- Part III: Intellectuals as Migrants -- 8. Leading Arab Intellectuals in the West: The Cases of Mohamed Arkoun and Edward Said -- 9. Some Distinctive Features of Mahjar Arab Intellectuals: On Hisham Sharabi and Halim Barakat -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.

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