Abu-Rabi, Ibrahim M.

Contemporary Arab thought studies in post-1967 Arab intellectual history / [electronic resource] : Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi'. - London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2004. - xvii, 485 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-481) and index.

The scope and limitation of post-1967 Arab thought -- Contemporary Arab intellectual trends -- Secularism and its hazards : the recent debate in the Arab world -- Contemporary Arab philosophical views of secularism -- Formation of contemporary identities : nationalism and Islamism in contemporary Arab thought -- Traditional values, social change, and the contemporary Arab personality -- Globalization : a contemporary Islamic response? -- Contemporary Arab thought and globalization -- Rashid al-Ghannushi and the questions of Shari'ah and civil society -- Muslim self-criticism in contemporary Arab thought : the case of Shaykh Muhammad al-Ghazali -- Islam and Muslims in crisis -- Toward a critical Arab reason : the contributions of Muhammad 'Abid al-Jabiri -- Towards modern Arab reason -- Costantine Zurayk and the search for Arab nationalism -- Mahdi 'Amil and the unfinished project of Arab Marxist philosophy -- Abdallah Laroui : from objective Marxism to liberal etatism -- Conclusion.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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Arab nationalism.
Secularism--Arab countries.
Islamic renewal.
Islam and politics--Arab countries.
Globalization.


Arab countries--Intellectual life--20th century.


Electronic books.

DS36.88 / .A275 2004

909/.09749270825