Self Criticism After The Defeat

Author : Sadik al-Azm
Publisher : Saqi
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780863564840

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Self-Criticism After the Defeat by Sadik al-Azm Pdf

A devastating critique of the Arab world's political stagnation by one of its most revered thinkers. The 1967 War - which led to the defeat of Syria, Jordan and Egypt by Israel - felt like an unprecedented and unimaginable disaster for the Arab world at the time. For many, the easiest solution was to shift the blame and to ignore some of the glaring defects of Arab society. Syrian philosopher Sadik al-Azm was one of the few to challenge such a view in his seminal Self-Criticism after the Defeat. Exposing the political and cultural faults that led to the defeat, he argued that the Arabs could only progress by embracing secularism, gender equality, democracy, and science. Available in English for the first time, Self-Criticism after the Defeat is a milestone in modern Arab intellectual history. It marked a turning point in Arab discourse about society and politi on publication in 1968, and spawned other intellectual ventures into Arab self-criticism.

Author : Mark Tessler
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 1040 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253013460

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A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Mark Tessler Pdf

Mark Tessler's highly praised, comprehensive, and balanced history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the earliest times to the present—updated through the first years of the 21st century—provides a constructive framework for understanding recent developments and assessing the prospects for future peace. Drawing upon a wide array of documents and on research by Palestinians, Israelis, and others, Tessler assesses the conflict on both the Israelis' and the Palestinians' terms. New chapters in this expanded edition elucidate the Oslo peace process, including the reasons for its failure, and the political dynamics in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza at a critical time of transition.

Author : Fouad Ajami
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1992-05-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0521438330

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The Arab Predicament by Fouad Ajami Pdf

Ajami's acclaimed study, updated in 1992 in light of recent turbulent events, remains an indispensable guide to the politics of the Arab world.

Author : Fadi A. Bardawil
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781478007586

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Revolution and Disenchantment by Fadi A. Bardawil Pdf

The Arab Revolutions that began in 2011 reignited interest in the question of theory and practice, imbuing it with a burning political urgency. In Revolution and Disenchantment Fadi A. Bardawil redescribes for our present how an earlier generation of revolutionaries, the 1960s Arab New Left, addressed this question. Bardawil excavates the long-lost archive of the Marxist organization Socialist Lebanon and its main theorist, Waddah Charara, who articulated answers in their political practice to fundamental issues confronting revolutionaries worldwide: intellectuals as vectors of revolutionary theory; political organizations as mediators of theory and praxis; and nonemancipatory attachments as impediments to revolutionary practice. Drawing on historical and ethnographic methods and moving beyond familiar reception narratives of Marxist thought in the postcolony, Bardawil engages in "fieldwork in theory" that analyzes how theory seduces intellectuals, cultivates sensibilities, and authorizes political practice. Throughout, Bardawil underscores the resonances and tensions between Arab intellectual traditions and Western critical theory and postcolonial theory, deftly placing intellectuals from those traditions into a much-needed conversation.

Author : Bassam Tibi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1998-09-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230371576

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Conflict and War in the Middle East by Bassam Tibi Pdf

Few studies of Middle East wars go beyond a narrative of events and most tend to impose on this subject the rigid scheme of superpower competition. The Gulf War of 1991, however, challenges this view of the Middle East as an extension of the global conflict. The failure of the accord of both superpowers to avoid war even once regional superpower competition in the Middle East had ceased must give rise to the question: Do regional conflicts have their own dynamic? Working from this assumption, the book examines local-regional constraints of Middle East conflict and how, through escalation and the involvement of extra-regional powers, such conflicts acquire an international dimension. The theory of a regional subsystem is employed as a framework for conceptualising this interplay between regional and international factors in Tibi's examination of the Middle East wars in the period 1967-91. Tibi also provides an outlook into the future of conflict in the Middle East in the aftermath of the most recent Gulf War.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004340985

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The Crisis of Citizenship in the Arab World by Anonim Pdf

The Crisis of Citizenship in the Arab World provides crucial insights into the current political, social and cultural crisis in the Middle East and North Africa by analysing histories, concepts, and practices of citizenship and the mechanisms that undermined them.

Author : Allen Ross
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Self-evaluation
ISBN : OCLC:220966980

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Eliminating Self-criticism by Allen Ross Pdf

Author : Arndt Graf,Schirin Fathi,Ludwig Paul
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857719140

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Orientalism and Conspiracy by Arndt Graf,Schirin Fathi,Ludwig Paul Pdf

The relationship between Islam and the West has frequently been subject to misunderstanding and mistrust and recent events in the international arena have only deepened this perceived divide, culturally and politically. The West often views the Islamic world - and the Islamic world the West - through a prism of mutual suspicion. In such conditions conspiracy, theories can flourish on both sides of the cultural fence, but these highly complex and important global phenomena have been the subject of surprisingly little investigation. "Orientalism and Conspiracy" explores fully for the first time the relationship between the sometimes controversial concept of Orientalism, as developed by Edward Said, and contemporary conspiracy theories, and includes Robert Irwin's fascinating survey of the role of secret societies in orientalist mythology. The authors offer a comprehensive and ground-breaking study of the conspiracy theory and Islam. It is essential reading for those seeking to understand historical and contemporary relationships between the East and West as well as the enduring and controversial legacy of the concept of Orientalism.

Author : Antony Loewenstein,Ahmed Moor
Publisher : Saqi
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780863567391

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After Zionism by Antony Loewenstein,Ahmed Moor Pdf

After Zionism brings together some of the world's leading thinkers on the Middle East question to dissect the century-long conflict between Zionism and the Palestinians, and to explore possible forms of a one-state solution. Time has run out for the two-state solution because of the unending and permanent Jewish colonisation of Palestinian land. Although deep mistrust exists on both sides of the conflict, growing numbers of Palestinians and Israelis, Jews and Arabs are working together to forge a different, unified future. Progressive and realist ideas are at last gaining a foothold in the discourse, while those influenced by the colonial era have been discredited or abandoned. Whatever the political solution may be, Palestinian and Israeli lives are intertwined, enmeshed, irrevocably. This daring and timely collection includes essays by Omar Barghouti, Diana Buttu, Jonathan Cook, Joseph Dana, Jeremiah Haber, Jeff Halper, Ghada Karmi, Saree Makdisi, John Mearsheimer, Ilan Pappe, Sara Roy and Phil Weiss. 'Nothing will change until we are capable of imagining a radically different future. By bringing together many of the clearest and most ethical thinkers about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, this book gives us the intellectual tools we need to do just that. Courageous and exciting.' Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine

Author : Scout Addison
Publisher : Scout Addison
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-05
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Low Self-Esteem Struggle by Scout Addison Pdf

Can I ask you a few questions? Do you find that you focus heavily on your weaknesses or perceived flaws? Do you often unfavorably compare yourself with others? Are you anxious around other people, concerning yourself with what they think of you? Do you put your wants and needs on the back burner to please others? These traits - along with many others - are symptoms of low self-esteem. Living life feeling inadequate and unworthy and having persistent feelings of guilt is challenging. Particularly in a world that happily spoon-feeds us inadequacy, soul-crushing comparisons, and self-limiting beliefs. This can make finding your worth seem impossible. Life doesn’t have to be this way. In The Low Self-Esteem Struggle, I want to take you on a journey toward self-worth. I can’t promise it’ll be easy - nothing worth having ever is - but freeing yourself of the shackles of your mind is blissfully empowering. The journey includes: Figuring out the cause of your low self-esteem. You cannot defeat something so deep-rooted without knowing its origins. To face these traumatic demons will feel daunting - but they’re not as intimidating as enduring your whole life with a poor self-image. My lack of esteem came from childhood abuse, but there is no one set cause for low self-esteem. It could have been schoolyard bullies, a toxic relationship, a cruel boss… or all these terrible circumstances that triggered your lack of self-worth. We’ll return to the root of your trauma and build up from there. Defeating negative self-talk. When you talk poorly about yourself to yourself, you’re reaffirming these thoughts to be the truth. I’ll explain why they’re not the truth, why you shouldn’t talk badly of yourself, and how you can stop doing this. Self-deprecation - even as a joke - is a form of negative self-talk. The subconscious doesn’t have a sense of humor, so even when you’re “joking,” your mind doesn’t view it that way. I’ll help you reframe your thoughts so you can banish negative self-talk. Social comparison toxicity. I’ll cover how social comparison is an unforgiving thief of self-esteem, how to acknowledge this, and how to reframe your need for validation. When I was silently enduring the effects of low self-esteem, books were my lifeline, a glimmer of hope in my otherwise murky mind. I want this book to reach you and be the beginning of your journey to breaking free from the tight grip of low self-esteem. Don’t let low self-esteem hold you back from the life you deserve for one day longer.

Author : Ralph M. Coury
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781786733627

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Sceptics of Islam by Ralph M. Coury Pdf

Arab debates about the critical relationship between religion and modernity began in the early nineteenth century. Such debates are now integral to the struggle for power between a variety of political groups and their opponents, and are vital to understanding the modern Middle East. This unique volume introduces writings of Arab Christian and Muslim revisionist and radical "free thinkers" who have tried to redefine the relationship. It challenges the deeply entrenched idea that the contemporary Islamic world has been impermeable to a critique of religious ideas and practices. Authors from the nineteenth century to the present are included. Some are avowed believers, even if they adopt positions many might regard as heretical; others are openly agnostic and atheistic. Despite their differences, all have been united in disputing the notion that life should conform exclusively to a system of values and laws based upon the Qur'an or the Bible, or, in some cases less radically, upon these as they were widely understood before the onset of modernity. They have also rejected many of the standard religious 'liberal' assumptions that are regularly invoked against traditionalism. The book's originality lies in its evaluation of the social and cultural impact of these thinkers.

Author : Ludo Abicht
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789058676726

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Islam & Europe by Ludo Abicht Pdf

"Seven well-known influential authorities - each an active participant in the public debate on the global role of Islam past, present and future - recently presented papers at the first Intercultural Relations Conference sponsored by Forum A. A. Leysen. These important contributions, on the topic Islam Europe: Challenges and Opportunities, are presented in this volume." "Although each contributor speaks from his own distinctive point of view, a common message emerges from all seven texts. Only dialogue - between the West and Islam on the one hand, and within and among societies historically identified with Islam on the other - will overcome entrenched confrontation and negative animosity, and engender new possibilities and understandings. By encouraging free and critical drinking, dialogue paves the way to social equity and the scientific innovation that, potentially, can lead to more prosperity. In the course of the conference all seven talks led to fascinating debates. This book includes the most important questions asked and the speakers' responses. Although the question of how to actually construct the dialogue remains unsettled, this ground-breaking book takes a giant step toward an answer."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Ewan Stein
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317552239

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Intellectual dynamics in the Middle East and North Africa by Ewan Stein Pdf

More than three years after the beginning of the wave of Arab uprisings, an understanding of the role of intellectuals in political change across the region has never been more important. This timely volume on Intellectuals in the Modern Middle East combines geographical and chronological breadth and draws on a diverse range of approaches including intellectual history, political science, art history, social policy and political philosophy. Together, the chapters provide a window into the diversity in intellectual trends across the Middle East from the early decades of the 20th century until the present day. While they do not, and cannot, provide a complete, or even representative, picture of intellectual dynamics in the modern Middle East, they collectively address a range of analytical and normative issues that bear on the role of the intellectual in contemporary Middle Eastern politics and society. This book was published as a special issue of the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies.

Author : Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780231144889

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Contemporary Arab Thought by Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab Pdf

During the second half of the twentieth century, the Arab intellectual and political scene polarized between a search for totalizing doctrines-nationalist, Marxist, and religious-and radical critique. Arab thinkers were reacting to the disenchanting experience of postindependence Arab states, as well as to authoritarianism, intolerance, and failed development. They were also responding to successive defeats by Israel, humiliation, and injustice. The first book to take stock of these critical responses, this volume illuminates the relationship between cultural and political critique in the work of major Arab thinkers, and it connects Arab debates on cultural malaise, identity, and authenticity to the postcolonial issues of Latin America and Africa, revealing the shared struggles of different regions and various Arab concerns.

Author : Katajun Amirpur
Publisher : Gingko Library
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781909942745

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New Thinking in Islam by Katajun Amirpur Pdf

In Rethinking Islam, Katajun Amirpur argues that the West’s impression of Islam as a backward-looking faith, resistant to post-Enlightenment thinking, is misleading and—due to its effects on political discourse—damaging. Introducing readers to key thinkers and activists—such as Abu Zaid, a free-thinking Egyptian Qur’an scholar; Abdolkarim Soroush, an academic and former member of Khomeini’s Cultural Revolution Committee; and Amina Wadud, an American feminist who was the first woman to lead the faithful in Friday Prayer—Amirpur reveals a powerful yet lesser-known tradition of inquiry and dissent within Islam, one that is committed to democracy and human rights. By examining these and many other similar figures’ ideas, she reveals the many ways they reject fundamentalist assertions and instead call for a diversity of opinion, greater freedom, and equality of the sexes.