Egypt, Islam, and the Arabs : the search for Egyptian nationhood, 1900-1930 / / Israel Gershoni and James P. Jankowski

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910449698003321
• Autore: Gershoni I.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1986; ©1986
• ISBN: 1-280-43950-5; 0-19-536486-4; 1-60129-606-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (365 p.)
• Collana: Studies in Middle Eastern History
• Disciplina: 320.5/4/0962
• Soggetti: Nationalism - Egypt; Electronic books.; Egypt Politics and government 1882-1952; Egypt Relations Arab countries; Arab countries Relations Egypt
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "In cooperation with the Dayan Center and the Shiloah Institute for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction: Nationalist Tendencies in Egypt, 1900-1914; 1. Egyptians, Ottomans, and Arabs during World War I; 2. The Revolution of 1919 and Its Aftermath: The Apotheosis of Egyptian Nationalism; 3. Egypt and the Caliphate Question, 1924-1926; 4. Egyptian Intellectuals and the Formation of a New National Image; 5. The Egyptian Nationalist Image of the Arabs; 6. The Egyptianist Image of Egypt: I. Environment and the Nation; 7. The Egyptianist Image of Egypt: II. Toward an Egyptian Territorial History; 8. The Egyptianist Image of Egypt: III. Pharaonicism; 9. The Egyptianist Image of Egypt: IV. Toward an Egyptian National Literature 10. Egypt and the Arab World in the 1920's; 11. ""Easternism"" in Egypt in the 1920's; Conclusion: The Triumph of Egyptianism; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this study of the development of Egyptian nationalism during the ; early part of this century, the authors argue that it was slow to evolve because Islam constituted both a religious and a political community that did not recognize territorial boundaries.