The Arab Nahdah
The Making of the Intellectual and Humanist Movement
- Editore:
Edinburgh University Press
- EAN:
9780748640690
- ISBN:
074864069X
- Pagine:
- 224
- Formato:
- Hardback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Descrizione The Arab Nahdah
Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature Series Editor: Rasheed El-Enany This series, dedicated to the study of modern Arabic literature, is unique and unprecedented. It includes contemporary genre studies, single-author studies, studies of particular movements, trends, groupings, themes and periods in Modern Arabic Literature, as well as country/region-based studies. Explores the key factors that contributed to the rise and development of the nah¿ah The Arab Renaissance (nah¿ah) in the 19th and early 20th centuries represents one of the most important periods in the development of Arabic thought and culture. The full story of the nah¿ah, however, remains to be written. Not only do we lack a comprehensive account in the English language of the nah¿ah, but the research to date has focused too exclusively on the contribution of external forces at the expense of important internal factors, which has painted a far-from-complete picture of the rise and development of the movement as a whole. Starting in the pre-modern period (c. 1700), this book explores the key factors, both internal and external, that contributed to the rise and development of the nah¿ah and focuses on the home-grown humanist movement of the period which was the driving force behind much of the linguistic, literary and educational activity. Overall, this book highlights the complexity of the nah¿ah and offers a more pluralist history of the period. Key Features . A new and comprehensive approach to nah¿ah studies . The first English-language study to focus on little studied intellectual figures and currents of the early nah¿ah . Deals with important themes such as modern Arab intellectual history, literature and culture, and with issues of modernity, language and identity - allowing for significant engagement with the study of the intellectual life and discourse of the nah¿ah as a whole Abdulrazzak Patel is a Research Associate at the Oriental Institute, Oxford. Cover image: Cairo sunset with towers © clu/iStockphoto Cover design: [insert logo file] www.euppublishing.com ISBN 978-0-7486-4069-0 [please add in the white area above the barcode] Barcode
