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Arab Nationalism: The Politics of History and Culture in the Modern Middle East book cover

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Arab Nationalism The Politics of History and Culture in the Modern Middle East

By Peter Wien Copyright 2017
296 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

296 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

296 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Arab nationalism has been one of the dominant ideologies in the Middle East and North Africa since the early twentieth century. However, a clear definition of Arab nationalism, even as a subject of scholarly inquiry, does not yet exist. Arab Nationalism sheds light on cultural expressions of Arab nationalism and the sometimes contradictory meanings attached to it in the process of identity... Read more

1. Introduction: A Critique of Arab Nationalism

2. The Trials and Tribulations of the Poet Fu’ad al-Khatib: A Biographical Essay on the Origins of Arab Nationalism

3. Holding Up the Mirror: Imperialism and the Poetics of Cultural Pan-Arabism

3.1. Saladin the Victor: National Saints, Great Men, and the Rise of the Individual

3.2. From the Glory of Conquest to Paradise Lost: Al-Andalus in Arab Historical Consciousness

4. Of Kings and Cavemen: Museums and Nationalist Museology in Twentieth Century Egypt

5. Damascus Transfers: Dead Bodies and their Translocal Meanings

6. Nearly Victorious: The Art of Staging Arab Military Prowess

7. Arab Nationalism, Fascism and the Jews

8. Epilogue and Conclusion: Broken Narratives

Biography

Peter Wien teaches at the University of Maryland in College Park and currently serves as President of The American Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TAARII).

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