Arabs in the mirror : images and self-images from pre-Islamic to modern times

Arabs in the mirror : images and self-images from pre-Islamic to modern times / Nissim Rejwan.

To bring new perspectives to the question of Arab identity, Iraqi-born scholar Nissim Rejwan has assembled this collection of writings of Arab and Western intellectuals, who try to define what it means to be Arab. He begins with pre-Islamic times and continues to the last decades of the 20th century...

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Main Author: Rejwan, Nissim (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Geschichte
Arabs.
National characteristics, Arab.
Intellectuals > Arab countries.
Democracy > Arab countries.
15.59 history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: other.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Middle Eastern.
Arabs
Democracy
Intellectual life
Intellectuals
National characteristics, Arab
Social conditions
Nationalcharakter
Geistesleben
Identity.
Image.
Araber.
Intellektuella > Arabländerna.
Nationalkaraktär > Arabländerna.
Arab countries > Intellectual life.
Egypt > Social conditions.
Arab countries
Egypt
Arabische Staaten
History (form)
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:To bring new perspectives to the question of Arab identity, Iraqi-born scholar Nissim Rejwan has assembled this collection of writings of Arab and Western intellectuals, who try to define what it means to be Arab. He begins with pre-Islamic times and continues to the last decades of the 20th century.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 210 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-204) and index.
ISBN:9780292794481
0292794487
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized

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