1st Edition
The Quest for Modernity Secular Liberal and Left-wing Political Thought in Egypt, 1945-1958
By Roel Meijer
Copyright 2002
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book analyses the political ideologies of the several highly influential liberal, socialist and communist thinkers, groups and movements which sought to modernize Egypt after World War II. Most of the representatives of these currents intended to transform Egyptian society completely through rapid industrialization, land reforms and economic planning, which would eliminate the peasantry,... Read more
Introduction Part I: The Formation of Modernist Political Thought 1. Liberal Reform: The Society of National Renaissance 2. Authoritarian Social: Rashid al-Barrawi 3. Egyptian Communism and the Paradigm of the Front Part II: The Rise of the Authoritarian Modernism 4. The Dilemmas of Reform, 1950-54 5. Towards a Modern Society, 1955-57 6. The Hegemony of Authoritarian Modernism, 1958 Conclusion
Biography
Roel Meijer
