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76155932 |
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061116s2006 nyu 000 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9774249712 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9789774249716 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
VYF |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
EG-NcFUE |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Modifying agency |
EG-NcFUE |
| 041 1# - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng |
| Language code of original and/or intermediate translations of text |
ara |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
DS36.8 |
| Item number |
.A5413 2006 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Edition number |
21 |
| Classification number |
956 |
| Item number |
A.G.I |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Amin, Galal A., |
| Dates associated with a name |
1935- |
| 9 (RLIN) |
15066 |
| Relator term |
author |
| 240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE |
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| Uniform title |
<a href="Khurāfat al-taqaddum wa-al-taʼakhkhur.">Khurāfat al-taqaddum wa-al-taʼakhkhur.</a> |
| Language of a work |
English. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The illusion of progress in the Arab world : |
| Remainder of title |
a critique of Western misconstructions / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Galal Amin ; translated by David Wilmsen. |
| 264 #1 - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Cairo ; |
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New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
American University in Cairo Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2006. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
viii, 160 pages ; |
| Dimensions |
20 cm. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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text |
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txt |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media type term |
unmediated |
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n |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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volume |
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nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Translated from the Arabic, Khurāfat al-taqaddum wa-al-taʼakhkhur : al-ʻArab wa-al-ḥaḍārah al-Gharbīyah fī mustahil al-qarn al-wāḥid wa-al-ʻishrīn, published in Madīnat Naṣr, al-Qāhirah by Dār al-Shurūq, 2005--T.p. verso. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
With the razor pen and keen intellect that have won him numerous loyal readers for his previous books, Egyptian economist Galal Amin here takes on the terms of the debate between the Arab world and the west. Amin deconstructs in his own inimitable style the language and underlying assumptions with which the west habitually assails Arab countries and politics. He applies his sharp wit and powers of observation to notions of freedom, democracy, human rights, terrorism (of course), and more, all of which fare the worse for falling under his gaze. In Amin’s view, the western concepts of progress and backwardness as they apply to the Arab world are wrong-headed, and continuing to deploy them as theoretical tools leads into all sorts of blind alleys. True to form, Amin’s analysis is laced with scholarly research, much humanity, and sly, subtle humor. His critique of the much-discussed UNDP Arab Human Development Report represents a welcome and reasoned Arab reply to this document that has been too frequently used as a cudgel to bash the Arab world. Accompanied by the gently humorous illustrations of Samir Abd al-Ghani, The Illusion of Progress in the Arab World is a deftly argued critique of the way Arab societies are judged by the west. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Civilization, Arab |
| Chronological subdivision |
21st century. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
15067 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
East and West. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
15068 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Arab countries |
| General subdivision |
Western influences. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
15069 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Wilmsen, David William. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
15070 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Books |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |