Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xv, 387 pages; 24 cm

Subject

1. Arab Spring (2010-)
2. 2000 - 2099
3. Arab Spring, 2010-
4. Enlightenment > Arab countries
5. Enlightenment
6. Politics and government
7. Arab countries > Politics and government > 21st century
8. Arab countries

Contents

1. Preface: 1. the Arab uprisings: the freedom-to question / Mohammed D. Cherkaoui -- Part I: Experimenting with social change: 2. Immanuel Kant in Tahrir Square / Mohammed D. Cherkaoui -- 3. Newtonian Force of the Arab Uprisings / Mohammed D. Cherkaoui and Hani Albasoos -- 4. The Battle for Syria: The Bloody Non-violent Protest / Mohammed D. Cherkaoui and Radwan Ziadeh -- Part II: Debating Reason and Modernity: 5. Revolutionary Mediatization and the New Arab Civil Sphere / Mohammed D. Cherkaoui -- 6. The Google-Earth Democracy: The Two-Legitimacy Conflict in Egypt / Mohammed D. Cherkaoui -- Part III: Connecting the Arab Public Sphere to the World: 7. How Do We Know What We "Know" about Politics and Reform in the Arab World? / Brian R. Calfano -- 8. Crafting Democracy: Political Learning as a Precondition for Sustainable Development in the Maghreb / John P. Entelis -- 9. Religion, Youth and Women in the Arab Region: Challenging Global Institutions and Politics of Development / Azza Karam -- Part IV: Predicting an Arab Age of Enlightenment: 10. Democracy against Social Reform: the Arab 'Spring' Faces its Demons / Albena Azmanova -- 11. Organizing Principles for the Arab Enlightenment: Philosophical Reflections on the History of Power / Solon J. Simmons -- 12. The 'Dialectic of Enlightenment' and the New Arab Awakening / Richard E. Rubenstein -- 13. An Arab Axial Age? / Mohammed D. Cherkaoui -- 14. Conclusion: Islamocracy or Demoslamic Politics? The New Dialectic / Mohammed D. Cherkaoui -- Bibliography.

Call number

1. JFE 16-6887

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Cherkaoui, Mohammed D., 1960- author.

Title

1. What is enlightenment? : continuity or rupture in the wake of the Arab uprisings / by Mohammed D. Cherkaoui ; with Hani Albasoos, Albena Azmanova, Brian R. Calfano, John P. Entelis, Azza Karam, Richard E. Rubenstein, Solon J. Simmons, Radwan Ziadeh.

Publisher

1. Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological term

1. 2000 - 2099

LCCN

1. 2015049349

ISBN

1. 9780739193679 hardcover alkaline paper
2. 0739193678 hardcover alkaline paper

Research call number

1. JFE 16-6887