{"product_id":"enlightenment-on-the-eve-of-revolution-the-egyptian-and-syrian-debates-9780231176323","title":"Enlightenment on the Eve of Revolution  The","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Suzanne Kassab offers a groundbreaking analysis of Egyptian and Syrian debates over enlightenment and their import for the 2011 uprisings. \u003ci\u003eEnlightenment on the Eve of Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to document these debates for the Anglophone audience and to analyze their importance for contemporary intellectual life and politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEnlightenment on the Eve of Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab does what we always needed but lacked in our understanding of the transnational uprisings the world has known as the 'Arab Spring.' She gives eloquent and precise voice to the revolutionary reasons behind the dramatic euphoria of those massive revolts. In doing so she does more than just being a responsible and deeply informed historian of ideas. She critically pushes those ideas toward the distant boundaries of their next epistemic breakthroughs. This is a work of profound intellectual integrity by a leading Arab thinker of her generation. -- Hamid Dabashi, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Arab Spring: The End of Postcoloniality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKassab uncovers a rich and varied debate taking place in Arabic starting in the 1990s and centered on notions of \u003ci\u003etanwir \u003c\/i\u003e(Enlightenment) that provides important context for understanding the Arab uprisings, particularly in Egypt and Syria, as well as for gauging their inherent possibilities, even as their full outcome yet remains unknown. -- Michaelle Browers, author of \u003ci\u003ePolitical Ideology in the Arab World: Accommodation and Transformation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Suzanne Kassab, a leading expert on contemporary Arab thought, invites us on an extraordinary journey into the inner intellectual life of a generation on the eve of revolution. Lucid, powerful, and essential. -- Yoav Di-Capua, author of \u003ci\u003eNo Exit: Arab Existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Decolonization\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnlightenment on the Eve of Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e is an indispensable addition to the literature about the Arab Spring. Tackling immensely important, previously unanswered questions regarding the modern Arab world, Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab gives intellectual and cultural context to new Arab movements. -- Orit Bashkin, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Other Iraq: Pluralism and Culture in Hashemite Iraq\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA valuable study of the intellectual history of contemporary Egypt and Syria, which documents for English-speaking readers the two decades before the Arab Spring. It is a must-read for scholars and students of history, Middle East studies, political science and cultural studies. * Arab Studies Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003eKassab's approach to the emergence of tanwir discourse is comparative and contextual. * The Middle East Journal *\u003cbr\u003eAn intellectually rich corpus of Arabic critiques of both Islamism and authoritarianism that are as philosophically adept as they are sociologically shrewd. \u003ci\u003eEnlightenment on the Eve of Revolution: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Egyptian and Syrian Debates\u003c\/i\u003e is a philosopher’s testament to intellectual courage and a persuasive reminder of the universality of reason. * Los Angeles Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003eStudying these intellectual debates is a fascinating way to move beyond the day-to-day challenges that both countries have faced over recent decades...[the book] captures the essence of some of its fundamental questions. * International Affairs *\u003cbr\u003eA useful addition to the literature about the Arab revolutions and the intellectual history of the region. * H-Socialism *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnlightenment on the Eve of the Revolution: The Egyptian and Syrian Debates \u003c\/i\u003eis a valuable study of the intellectual history of contemporary Egypt and Syria. It is a must-read for scholars and students of history, Middle East studies, political science and cultural studies. * Arab Studies Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Cairo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Secularist, Governmental, and Islamist Tanwir Debates in Egypt in the 1990s\u003cbr\u003e2. The Deconstruction of the 1990s Egyptian Tanwir Debates by Egyptian Critics at the Turn of the Millennium\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Damascus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. Tanwir Debates in Syria in the 1990s: The Sisyphean Moment\u003cbr\u003e4. Tanwir and the Damascus Spring at the Turn of the Millennium: The Promethean Moment\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Tanwir as Political Humanism\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400302633303,"sku":"9780231176323","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/enlightenment-on-the-eve-of-revolution-the-egyptian-and-syrian-debates-9780231176323","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}