The Oriental and the Orientalist: Al Afghani and the Construction of Pan-Islamism
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First Statement of Responsibility
Ali Ahmad Olomi
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Daryaee, Touraj
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University of California, Irvine
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2014
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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54
GENERAL NOTES
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Committee members: Levine, Mark; Philip, Kavita
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-36772-0
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
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M.A.
Discipline of degree
History
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University of California, Irvine
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2014
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Scholarship on Jamal ad-Din Al Afghani focuses on the apparent contradiction in his writings between those addressed to a European audience and those addressed to an Islamic audience. This paper resolves that contradiction by placing Al Afghani within the discourse of orientalism and pan-Islamism. My conclusions illuminate the gendered and constructed nature of Al Afghani's pan-Islamic state and how he imagined his state within the contextual history of Islamic rationalism. This paper highlights the creative way in which he draws from multiple discourses, appropriates ideas, and transforms them within the context of his political ideology.
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Middle Eastern history; Islamic Studies
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Social sciences;Al afghani;Islam;Middle east;Modernity;Nationalism;Orientalism