Contemporary Arab Thought, Cultural Critique and Comparative Perspective
second edition, which was actually first published in 2009
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Since its first publication in 2009, this book has stood as the foremost account of contemporary Arab debates on culture, philosophy, modernity, tradition, identity, and liberation.
It is widely used in Middle Eastern studies courses, and it has become a classic in the field of Arab intellectual history.
The second edition features an extensive new introduction that reconsiders post-1967 Arab intellectual history in light of the 2011 uprisings and the upheavals that have occurred over the intervening years.
Kassab critically reflects on the book’s arguments and the responses it has provoked, and she surveys the new preoccupations that have emerged in Arab debates since 2011.
As crises again overtake the Middle East, this landmark work continues to offer indispensable insight into the richness of contemporary Arab thought.
It is widely used in Middle Eastern studies courses, and it has become a classic in the field of Arab intellectual history.
The second edition features an extensive new introduction that reconsiders post-1967 Arab intellectual history in light of the 2011 uprisings and the upheavals that have occurred over the intervening years.
Kassab critically reflects on the book’s arguments and the responses it has provoked, and she surveys the new preoccupations that have emerged in Arab debates since 2011.
As crises again overtake the Middle East, this landmark work continues to offer indispensable insight into the richness of contemporary Arab thought.
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