Utopia and Civilisation in the Arab Nahda

Examining the massive social changes that reshaped the Middle East over the long nineteenth century, this study of the 'Nahda', a cultural renaissance in the Arab world, presents a crucial and often overlooked part of the Arab world's encounter with global capitalist modernity.

Examinand schimbarile sociale masive care au remodelat Orientul Mijlociu de-a lungul secolului al XIX-lea, acest studiu al „Nahdei”, o renastere culturala in lumea araba, prezinta o parte cruciala si adesea trecuta cu vederea a intalnirii lumii arabe cu modernitatea capitalista globala.