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Cherkaoui Mohammed D. <1960-> |
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What is enlightenment? : continuity or rupture in the wake of the Arab uprisings / / by Mohammed D. Cherkaoui |
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Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, [England] : , : Lexington Books, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (405 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Arab Spring, 2010- |
Enlightenment - Arab countries |
Arab countries Politics and government 21st century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Chapter One: The Arab Uprisings; Part 1; Chapter Two: Immanuel Kant in Tahrir Square; Chapter Three: Newtonian Force of the Arab Uprisings; Chapter Four: The Battle for Syria; Part 2; Chapter Five: Revolutionary Mediatization and the New Arab Civil Sphere; Chapter Six: The Google Earth Democracy; Part 3; Chapter Seven: How Do We Know What We "Know" about Politics and Reform in the Arab World?; Chapter Eight: Crafting Democracy; Chapter Nine: Religion, Politics, and Gender in the Arab Region; Part 4 |
Chapter Ten: Democracy against Social Reform: The Arab "Spring" Faces Its DemonsChapter Eleven: Organizing Principles for the Arab Enlightenment; Chapter Twelve: The "Dialectic of Enlightenment" and the New Arab Awakening; Chapter Thirteen: An Arab Axial Age?; Chapter Fourteen: Islamocracy or Demoslamic Politics? The New Dialectic; Bibliography; Index; About the Contributors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This volume examines whether the Arab Uprisings introduce a replica of the European Enlightenment or rather stimulate an Arab/Islamic Awakening with its own cultural specificity and political philosophy. By placing Immanuel Kant in Tahrir Square, Cairo, this book adopts a comparative analysis of two enlightenment projects: one Arab, still under construction, with possible progression toward modernity or |
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