Format:
Online-Ressource (257 p)
ISBN:
9780700716500
Series Statement:
Culture and Civilization in the Middle East
Content:
Inclusing a new introduction and conclusion, this revised second edition deals with a vital yet neglected ingredient in modern Arab culture. It is the only scholarly study of Arab historiography. It covers the periods 1820-1920 (Pioneers and Amateurs) and 1920 to today (Professional Historians: Managers of Legitimation). This work is a major contribution not only to the study of Arab historiography but to our understanding of modern Arab thought
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Glossary; A list of dynasties; Introduction; PART I Pioneers and amateurs 1820-1920; 1 Patriotic intellectuals and enlightened patrons: al-Tahtāwī and the Egyptian identity; The concept and use of history; Egypt resurrected; Religion and science; Another Azharite; 2 Two histories of Syria; The burden of the past; Matar's Syria; Yannī's history; 3 New identities and imperial vistas; Carthage, Rome, and Arabia; PART II The professional historians: managers of legitimation 1920-1980
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4 Muhammad 'Alī and the Sphinx: Shafīq Ghurbāl's histories of EgyptViews of history; The villains, the ignorant, and the unlucky; Two rivals; Muhammad 'Alī revisited; The Pharaohs or the Arabs?; 5 Kamal Salibi and the history of Lebanon: the making of a nation?; A new history; In the beginning . . .; An enlightened prince?; A Christian nation and a Greek ethos; The politics of history; 6 The panacea of historicism: Abdallah Laroui and Morocco's cultural retardation; An ideological leap; History as culture; A Hobbesian sultan; Conclusion
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Appendix A: History books translated under the supervision of al-TahtāwīAppendix B: Muhammad al-Alfī's visit to London and the British press; Bibliography; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781136868627
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780700716029
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Modern Arab Historiography : Historical Discourse and the Nation-State
Language:
English
Keywords:
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