Contemporary Arab Thought
Subtitle: Studies in Post-1967 Arab Intellectual History
Publisher: Pluto Press
Published: November 20, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780745321707
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Globalization; Islam; Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies; 21st century; c 1960 to c 1970; c 1970 to c 1980; c 1980 to c 1990; c 1990 to c 2000; Islam - History; History & Theory - General; Political Science; History - General History; Politics/International Relations; Middle East; Islamic renewal; Political; World - General; Political Science / History & Theory; Arab nationalism; 20th century; Arab countries; Intellectual life; Secularism
First sentence: "The progress of thought is associated with situations of confrontation and dis-equilibrium," writes Samir Amin, and "periods of stable equilibrium are periods of stagnation it thought."