This book is a most comprehensive study of the modernizing trend of political and social thought in the Arab Middle East.

What is the relationship between thought and practice in the domains of language, literature and politics? Is thought the only standard by which to measure inte

Louis Massignon, H.A.R. Gibb, Marshall Hodgsons and T.E. Lawrence are discussed in a collection of essays that focuses on the relationship between European and

Chronicles the history of Arab civilization, looking at the beauty of the great mosques, the importance attached to education, the achievements of Arab science,

From Fouad Ajami, an acclaimed author and chronicler of Arab politics, comes a compelling account of how a generation of Arab intellectuals tried to introduce c