Arabs in the mirror : images and self-images from pre-Islamic to modern times / / Nissim Rejwan
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| Autore: |
Rejwan Nissim
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| Titolo: |
Arabs in the mirror : images and self-images from pre-Islamic to modern times / / Nissim Rejwan
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| Pubblicazione: | Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2008 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.892/7 |
| Soggetto topico: | Arabs |
| Democracy - Arab countries | |
| Intellectuals - Arab countries | |
| National characteristics, Arab | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Arab countries Intellectual life |
| Egypt Social conditions | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The bedouin, the camel, the sand, and the palm tree -- Identity and self-definition -- Ibn Khaldun's appraisal appraised -- "Arabizing the Arabs" -- Self-images old and new -- Calls for "critical self-analysis" -- Unity in diversity -- The quest for democracy -- Resources and development -- The social scene -- The case of Egypt -- The West's inroads -- The difference Israel has made new lessons for old -- The intellectuals -- Appendix : portraits in a mirror : three fictional versions. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Arabs in the mirror |
| ISBN: | 0-292-79448-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910826616703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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