Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Editors' Note ix
4. Preface xi
5. Part One. The Man and His Work
6. Constantine K. Zurayk: Advocate of Rationalism in Modern Arab Thought 1
7. Humanism and Secularism in the Modern Arab Heritage: The Ideas of al-Kawākibi and Zurayk 42
8. Part Two. The Classical Heritage
9. On the Use of Islamic History: An Essay 63
10. The Expression of Historicity in the Koran 74
11. Equity and Islamic Law 82
12. The Devolution of the Perfect State: Plato, Ibn Rushd, and Ibn Khaldun 88
13. al-Khwārizmi's Concept of Algebra 98
14. Ibn Khaldun, the Father of Economics 112
15. A Mamlūk "Magna Carta" 128
16. Part Three. The Modern Age, Challenges and Responses
17. The Memoirs of Nubar Pasha as a Source for the Social History of Egypt 143
18. The Neo patriarchal Discourse: Language and Discourse in Contemporary Arab Society 149
19. The Interplay Between Social and Cultural Change: The Case of Germany and the Arab Middle East 166
20. Criticism and the Heritage: Adonis as Advocate of a New Arab Culture 183
21. Aḥmad Amĭn and 'Abbās Maḥmūd al-'Aqqād Between al-Qadĭm and al-Jadĭd: European Challenge and Islamic Response 208
22. Amĭn al-Rĭḥānĭ and King 'Abdui-'Aziz Ibn Sa'ūd 231
23. A Reinterpretation of the Origins and Aims of the Great Syrian Revolt, 1925-1927 241
24. The Social and Economic Structure of Bāb-al-Musallā (al-Mīdān), Damascus, 1825-1875 272
25. Imperial Germany: A View From Damascus 312
26. The Egyptian Press Under Nasser and al-Sadat 326
27. Index 359