Liberal Thought in the Eastern Mediterranean

Late 19th Century Until the 1960s
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-90-04-16548-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 104, 338 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 718 g

Reihe: Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia

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. By investigating the activities of diverse institutions, media, and personalities, the authors in this volume examine the liberal ideas and values that emerged during eras of both peace and political turmoil, while recognizing the factors contributing to their decline. Seen from these many perspectives, liberal thought developed not merely from “Westernization,” but from the interaction between indigenous intellectual critique and political ideology, political experiences and literary imagination, and a mixture of admiration for and resistance to European ideas and political domination.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schumann, Christoph

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Islamische & Arabische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Philosophie & Wissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

Christoph Schumann, doctorate in political science, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, is Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Bern, Switzerland. His research focuses on political ideologies in the Middle East and Muslims in the West.