Liberal thought in the Eastern Mediterranean
Subtitle: late 19th century until the 1960s
By: edited by Christoph Schumann.
Contributors: Schumann, Christoph.
Series: Social, economic and political studies of the Middle East and Asia -- v. 104
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9789004165489
Subjects: Liberalism -- Arab countries; Arab nationalism; Arab countries -- Politics and government; Civilization, Arab -- Western influences; Mandates -- Arab countries; Secularism -- Turkey; Arab countries -- Intellectual life
Description: "This volume analyzes liberal thought in the Eastern Mediterranean since the late nineteenth century, highlighting its long-term and ongoing influence, and challenging the conventional wisdom that liberalism has no legitimate place in the region's intellectual discourse."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: Part one : the impact of the west : mission, mandate, and education; title: Part two : constitutionalism, revolution, and liberal thought; title: Part three : liberal thought and its ambivalences.