Arabs in the mirror : images and self-images from pre-Islamic to modern times / Nissim Rejwan.

• The bedouin, the camel, the sand, and the palm tree -- Identity and self-definition -- Ibn Khaldun's appraisal appraised -- "Arabizing the Arabs" -- Self-images old and new -- Calls for "critical self-analysis" -- Unity in diversity -- The quest for democracy -- Resources and development -- The social scene -- The case of Egypt -- The West's inroads -- The difference Israel has made -- New lessons for old -- The intellectuals -- Appendix : portraits in a mirror : three fictional versions.

Ämnesord

Araber  (sao)

Intellektuella  -- Arabländerna (sao)

Nationalkaraktär  -- Arabländerna (sao)

Arabs.  (LCSH)

National characteristics, Arab.  (LCSH)

Arabs  (LCSH)

Intellectuals  -- Arab countries. (LCSH)

Democracy  -- Arab countries. (LCSH)

Arab countries  -- Intellectual life. (LCSH)

Egypt  -- Social conditions. (LCSH)

Klassifikation

DS36.7 (LCC)

305.892/7 (DDC)

Moa (kssb/8)

Oabka-oa (kssb/8)