Arab Nationalism A History Nation and State

This is a much needed, concise survey of Arab nationalism both as an historical movement and a doctrine. The author identifies the particular characteristics and development of Arab nationalism and provides a wide-ranging history.

Youssef Choueiri is Reader in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at Exeter University. He is the author of a number of books. His publications include State and Society in Syria and Lebanon, 1919-1990 (1994), and Islamic Fundamentalism (1997).

Preface

vii

Acknowledgements

xi

Glossary

xii

Nationalism and its Theories

1

(22)

The World of Unbelief and Negative Approaches

3

(1)

Rousseau's Passion

4

(2)

Kant's Guilt

6

(2)

The World of Positive Belief

8

(2)

A Question of Dignity

10

(5)

The Agnostics or Reluctantly Neutral

15

(8)

Narrating the Nation

23

(33)

Lessons of History

25

(2)

The Rise of Islam

27

(2)

The Modern Age

29

(4)

Darwish al-Miqdadi: The Nation in History

33

(1)

Historical Structures

34

(4)

Lessons of History and Temporal Distances

38

(3)

An Egyptian Perspective

41

(7)

Islam and Arabism

48

(8)

Cultural and Political Arabism

56

(45)

The Ottoman Background and European Rivalry

59

(6)

Cultural Arabism

65

(5)

The Fatherland and Patriotism

70

(2)

The Cultural and the Political

72

(10)

Political Arabism, 1900--1945

82

(1)

Articulation of Pan-Arabism

83

(9)

Political Parties

92

(9)

Educating the Nation: Sati` al-Husri

101

(24)

The Arab League

107

(4)

What is Nationalism?

111

(14)

In Search of Theory

125

(41)

Regionalism

139

(2)

An Arab Polity

141

(2)

Al-Arsuzi: Language and Industry

143

(5)

Shahbandar: Leadership and Revolution

148

(6)

Michel `Aflaq: The Vanguard

154

(3)

Socialism

157

(2)

Nationalism

159

(3)

Religion

162

(2)

New Politics

164

(2)

Socialism and Pan-Arabism

166

(41)

The World of Social Arab Nationalism

167

(12)

Nasserism

179

(9)

Political Orientations

188

(3)

Theory and Practice

191

(3)

The Universal and the Specific

194

(3)

Ba`thism

197

(10)

Epilogue: Civil Society and Democracy

207

(12)

Neo-Arabism

213

(6)

Notes

219

(17)

List of Dynasties

236

(1)

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Arab Nationalism A History Nation and State in the Arab World

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