Abu-Rabi, Ibrahim M.

Contemporary Arab thought: studies in post-1967 Arab intellectual history / Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi - London; Sterling, Va.: Pluto Press, 2004. - xvii, 485 p.; 24 cm.

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 -- Rāshid Ghannūshī and the questions of Sharīʻah and civil society -- Muslim self-criticism in contemporary Arab thought : the case of Shaykh Muḥammad al-Ghazālī -- Islam and Muslims in crisis -- Toward a critical Arab reason : the contributions of Muḥammad ʻĀbid al-Jābīrī -- Towards modern Arab reason -- Costantine Zurayk and the search for Arab nationalism -- Mahdī ʻĀmil and the unfinished project of Arab marxist philosophy -- Abdallah Laroui : from objective marxism to liberal etatism.

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


Arab countries--Intellectual life

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