Contemporary Arab Thought - Cultural Critique in Comparative Perspective

Contemporary Arab Thought illuminates the relationship between cultural and political critique in the work of major Arab thinkers. It now features an extensive new introduction that reconsiders post-1967 Arab intellectual history in light of the 2011 uprisings and the upheavals that have occurred since.

About the author

Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab is associate professor of philosophy at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. Her books include Enlightenment on the Eve of Revolution: The Egyptian and Syrian Debates (Columbia, 2019). The Arabic edition of Contemporary Arab Thought received the prestigious Sheikh Zayed Book Award.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab, Kassab Elizabeth Suzanne
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.05.2025
• EAN: 9780231211666
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21166-6
• No. of pages: 600
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Islam, PHILOSOPHY / Political, Philosophy, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, RELIGION / Islam / History, HISTORY / Middle East / Arabian Peninsula, History of Religion, social and political philosophy, General and world history, religion; literary criticism; [philosophy