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The illusion of progress in the Arab world :

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1617970565

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1936190710

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9781617970566

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9781936190713

Erroneous ISBN

9774249712

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9789774249716

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bc1010608

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

The illusion of progress in the Arab world :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

a critique of Western misconstructions /

First Statement of Responsibility

Galal Amin ; translated by David Wilmsen.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

The American University in Cairo Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2006]

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2006

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (viii, 160 pages)

Text of Note

"First published in Arabic in 2005 as Khurāfat al-taqaddum wa-al-taʼakhkhur : al-ʻArab wa-al-ḥaḍārah al-Gharbīyah fī mustahil al-qarn al-wāḥid wa-al-ʻishrīn"--Page following title page.

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Includes bibliographical references.

Text of Note

1. The illusion of progress -- 2. Economic development -- 3. Human development -- 4. Freedom -- 5. Democracy -- 6. Capitalism -- 7. Human rights -- 8. The information revolution -- 9. Ethics -- 10. Terrorism -- 11. Progress backward? -- 12. Modernization or reform?

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"Egyptian economist Galal Amin here takes on the terms of the debate between the Arab world and the west. Amin deconstructs in his own inimitable style the language and underlying assumptions with which the west habitually assails Arab countries and politics. In Amin's view, the western concepts of progress and backwardness as they apply to the Arab world are wrong-headed, and continuing to deploy them as theoretical tools leads into all sorts of blind alleys. True to form, Amin's analysis is laced with scholarly research, much humanity, and sly, subtle humor. His critique of the much-discussed UNDP Arab Human Development Report represents a welcome and reasoned Arab reply to this document that has been too frequently used as a cudgel to bash the Arab world. The Illusion of Progress in the Arab World is a deftly argued critique of the way Arab societies are judged by the west."--Jacket.

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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

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JSTOR

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22573/ctt15m1srj

Title

Illusion of progress in the Arab world.

International Standard Book Number

9774249712

General Material Designation

Khurāfat al-taqaddum wa-al-taʼakhkhur.

Language (when part of a heading)

English

Civilization, Arab-- 21st century.

Civilization, Arab-- Western influences.

East and West.

Civilisation arabe-- 21e siècle.

Civilisation arabe-- Influence occidentale.

Orient et Occident.

Civilization, Arab.

East and West.

HISTORY-- Middle East-- General.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- International.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- International Relations-- General.

Arab countries, Western influences.

États arabes, Influence occidentale.

Arab countries.

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Book number

Amin, Galal A.,1935-2018

Wilmsen, David William

Date of Transaction

20220821044356.0

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[Book]

270410

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