Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Prologue: What Is an Arab? -- I: Origins: Muhammad and the Quran -- II: The Outpouring from the Desert: The Bedouin Conquests -- III: A New State: The Arab Kingdom and the Muslim Empire -- IV: The Flowering of a Civilization: The Islamic World Empire -- V: A Medieval Confrontation: Islam and Christendom -- VI: The Empire Crumbles: The Turks Come In: The Long Stagnation -- VII: Stirrings of Nationalism: The Reshaping of Arab Identity -- VIII: Modern Times -- Epilogue: The Arabs in the Modern World: Arab Unification -- Bibliography -- Index.
Zugriffsoptionen:
Die folgenden Links führen aus den jeweiligen lokalen Bibliotheken zum Volltext:
In: Political science quarterly: a nonpartisan journal devoted to the study and analysis of government, politics and international affairs ; PSQ, Band 91, Heft 2, S. 371-372
As universal religions, both Islam & Christianity make universal claims on the lives of their adherents. Over the last 3 cent's, however, Christianity has been forced drastically to curtail its claims, with the result that religious life in the West has been restricted to a narrow sphere; the secular nature of society is now taken for granted. Nationalism, erupting in the French Revolution, gave pol'al expression to secular tendencies that had heretofore found their outlet in philosophy & sci; it has been one of the strongest forces in bringing about the sharp Western separation of the sacred & the profane. Islam's position today more closely resembles that of the medieval than of the modern Christian church, for it still claims a loyalty that transcends & negates national & secular ties, & in large measure it receives this kind of loyalty even from Moslems who are no longer devout. Arab nationalism sees its main antagonist in Western 'imperialism' & not in the religious & dynastic forces at home. Arab nationalism, therefore, calls on religion as an ally; it has behind it a quasi-religious drive, mobilizes the fanaticism of believers, & exploits hostility to all that is not Islamic. In the Middle East the opposition between secular nationalism & ecumenical religion appears to be dissolved in the larger struggle against the non-Moslem world. J. A. Fishman.
