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_aAmin, Galal A., _d1935- _915066 _eauthor |
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_aKhurāfat al-taqaddum wa-al-taʼakhkhur. _lEnglish. |
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_aThe illusion of progress in the Arab world : _ba critique of Western misconstructions / _cGalal Amin ; translated by David Wilmsen. |
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_aCairo ; _aNew York : _bAmerican University in Cairo Press, _c2006. |
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_aviii, 160 pages ; _c20 cm. |
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| 500 | _aTranslated 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 | _aIncludes bibliographical references. | ||
| 520 | _aWith 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. | ||
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_aCivilization, Arab _y21st century. _915067 |
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_aEast and West. _915068 |
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_aArab countries _xWestern influences. _915069 |
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_aWilmsen, David William. _915070 |
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