What Is Enlightenment? Continuity or Rupture in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings |
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| Author:
| Cherkaoui, Mohammed D. |
| Contribution by:
| Albasoos, Hani
Azmanova, Albena
Calfano, Brian
Entelis, John
Karam, Azza
Rubenstein, Richard
Simmons, Solon
Ziadeh, Radwan |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7391-9368-6 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2016 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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This volume examines whether the Arab Uprisings introduce a replica of the European Enlightenment or rather stimulate an Arab/Islamic Awakening with its own cultural specificity and political philosophy. By placing Immanuel Kant in Tahrir Square, Cairo, this book adopts a comparative analysis of two enlightenment projects: one Arab, still under construction, with possible progression toward modernity or regression toward neo-authoritarianism, and one European, shaped by the past two centuries.
This volume examines whether the Arab Uprisings introduce a replica of the European Enlightenment or rather stimulate an Arab/Islamic Awakening with its own cultural specificity and political philosophy. By placing Immanuel Kant in Tahrir Square, Cairo, this book adopts a comparative analysis of two enlightenment projects: one Arab, still under construction, with possible progression toward modernity or regression toward neo-authoritarianism, and one European, shaped by the past two centuries.