1st Edition

Panarabism And Arab Nationalism The Continuing Debate

By Tawfic E Farah Copyright 1987
    208 Pages
    by Routledge

    224 Pages
    by Routledge

    This text focuses on the history of and prospects for Arab unity—an issue of critical importance to students and scholars of Middle East politics and culture. Dr. Farah combines analysis of valuable survey research with historical and theoretical works by leading Arab and Western scholars that interpret the current debate on the status of Pan-Arabi

    Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Arab Nationalism: A Bibliographic Essay -- The Concerns and the Challenges -- The Issue of Identity in Selected Arab Gulf States -- Islam, Pan Arabism and Palestine: An Attitudinal Survey -- The End of Pan-Arabism -- The Arab Road -- Arab Nationalism: A Response to Ajami’s Thesis on the “End of Pan-Arabism” -- The Dying Arab Nation -- Stress and Disintegration in the Arab World -- The October War and Arab Students’ Self Conceptions -- Postscript

    Biography

    Tawfic E. Farah is the editor of the Journal of Arab Affairs and president of the Middle East Research Group, Inc. He edited Political Behavior in the Arab States (Westview, 1983) and co-authored Survey Research in the Arab World (Westview, 1985). James A. Bill is a professor of political science at the University of Texas, Austin.