Egypt, Islam, and the Arabs - The Search for Egyptian Nationhood 1900-1930

Zusatztext `a valuable and challenging contribution' R.M. Burrell, School of Oriental & African Studies, London, International Affairs Klappentext Throughout the 20th century! Egyptian nationalism has alternately revolved around three primary axes: a local Egyptian territorial nationalism! a sense of Arab ethnic-linguistic nationalism! and an identification with the wider Muslim community. This detailed study is devoted to the first major phase in the perennial debate over nationalism in modern Egypt--the territorial nationalism dominant in Egypt in the early 20th century. The first section of the book examines the effects of World War I and its aftermath! which temporarily gave rise to an exclusively Egyptianist national orientation in Egypt. Subsequent sections consider the intellectual and political dimensions of Egyptian interwar years. Egypt! Islam and the Arabs is the first volume in a new Oxford series! Studies in Middle Eastern History. The General Editors of the series are Bernard Lewis of Princeton University! Itamar Rabinovich of Tel Aviv University! and Roger M. Savory of the University of Toronto. Zusammenfassung In this study of the development of Egyptian nationalism durin g the early part of this century, the authors argue that it was slow to evolve because Islam constituted both a religious and a political community that did not recognize territorial boundaries.

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• Authors: Israel Gershoni, Israel Jankowski Gershoni, Professor Israel (Tel-Aviv University) J Gershoni, Gershoni Israel, James Jankowski, James P. Jankowski
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.1987
• EAN: 9780195040968
• ISBN: 978-0-19-504096-8
• No. of pages: 364
• Series: Studies in Middle Eastern History; Studies in Middle Eastern Hist; Studies in Middle Eastern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Islam, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, RELIGION / Islam / General, Egypt, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Political science & theory, c 1500 onwards to present day, Archaeology, Middle Eastern history, Political science and theory, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, HISTORY / Middle East / Egypt