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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 July 2016
    04 July 2016
    ISBN:
    9781316676189
    9781107161245
    9781316613825
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316676189
    Dimensions:
    (228 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.5kg, 245 Pages
    Dimensions:
    (229 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.35kg, 248 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Middle East Studies, Area Studies, History of Ideas, History, Middle East History, Politics and International Relations
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    Middle East Studies, Area Studies, History of Ideas, History, Middle East History, Politics and International Relations
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    A preoccupation with the subject of freedom became a core issue in the construction of all modern political ideologies. Here, Wael Abu-'Uksa examines the development of the concept of freedom (hurriyya) in nineteenth-century Arab political thought, its ideological offshoots, their modes, and their substance as they developed the dynamics of the Arabic language. Abu-'Uksa traces the transition of the idea of freedom from a term used in a predominantly non-political way, through to its popularity and near ubiquity at the dawn of the twentieth century. Through this, he also analyzes the importance of associated concepts such as liberalism, socialism, progress, rationalism, secularism, and citizenship. He employs a close analysis of the development of the language, whilst at the same time examining the wider historical context within which these semantic shifts occurred: the rise of nationalism, the power of the Ottoman court, and the state of relations with Europe.

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