{"product_id":"contemporary-arab-thought-cultural-critique-in-comparative-perspective-paperback","title":"Contemporary Arab Thought: Cultural Critique in Comparative Perspective - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Suzanne Kassab\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the last third of the twentieth century, the Arab intellectual and political scene polarized between totalizing doctrines--nationalist, Marxist, and religious--and radical critique. Arab thinkers were reacting to the disenchanting experience of postindependence and a widespread sense of malaise, as well as to authoritarianism, intolerance, injustice, failed development, and successive defeats by Israel. The foundational account of these responses, \u003ci\u003eContemporary Arab Thought\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the relationship between cultural and political critique in the work of major Arab thinkers. Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab also connects Arab debates to the postcolonial issues of Latin America and Africa, revealing the shared struggles of different regions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince 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. \u003ci\u003eContemporary Arab Thought\u003c\/i\u003e now 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Suzanne Kassab is associate professor of philosophy at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. Her books include \u003ci\u003eEnlightenment on the Eve of Revolution: The Egyptian and Syrian Debates\u003c\/i\u003e (Columbia, 2019). The Arabic edition of \u003ci\u003eContemporary Arab Thought\u003c\/i\u003e received the prestigious Sheikh Zayed Book Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 424\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.34 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42710482518112,"sku":"9780231211673","price":93.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/UGPCu2IhFK9780231211673.webp?v=1776077439","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/contemporary-arab-thought-cultural-critique-in-comparative-perspective-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}