Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Series Editor’s Foreword vi
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Preface x
6. Introduction: Perspectives, Paradigms and Parameters 1
7. 1. Contemporary Interpretations of the Nah∂ah: Tradition, Modernity and the Arab Intellectual 12
8. 2. The Reintegration of Pre-modern Christians into the Mainstream of Arabic Literature and the Creation of an Inter-religious Cultural Space 36
9. 3. Guardians of the Pre-modern Arab-Islamic Humanist Tradition: Legends without a Legacy, a Tradition without Heirs 75
10. 4. Language Reform and Controversy: The al-Shartūnīs Respond in Defence of the Pre-modern Humanist Tradition 102
11. 5. Arabism, Patriotism and Ottomanism as Means to Reform 127
12. 6. Arab Intellectuals and the West: Borrowing for the Sake of Progress 159
13. 7. Education, Reform and Enlightened Azharīs 181
14. 8. Enacting Reform: Local Agents, Statesmen, Missionaries and the Evolution of a Cultural Infrastructure 201
15. Conclusion 224
16. Bibliography 234
17. Index 251