Originally published: London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1962. With new pref.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 374-395) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Preface to the 1983 reissue -- Note on transliteration and references -- The Islamic state -- The Ottoman Empire -- First views of Europe -- The first generation: Tahtawi, Khayr Al-Din, and Bustani -- Jamal Al-Din Al-Afghani -- Muhammad 'Abduh -- 'Abduh's Egyptian disciples: Islam and modern civilization -- Egyptian nationalism -- Rashid Rida -- Christian secularists: Shumayyil and Antun -- Arab nationalism -- Taha Husayn -- Epilogue: Past and future.
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Arabic thought in the liberal age is the most comprehensive study of the modernizing trend of political and social thought in the Arab Middle East. Albert Hourani studies the way in which ideas about politics and society changed during the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth centuries, in response to the expanding influence of Europe. His main attention is given to the movement of ideas in Egypt and Lebanon. He shows how two streams of thought, the one aiming to restate the social principles of Islam, and the other to justify the separation of religion from politics, flowed into each other to create the Egyptian and Arab nationalisms of the present century. The last chapter of the book surveys the main tendencies of thought in the post-war years.