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Liberal Thought in the Eastern Mediterranean - 9789004165489

Un libro in lingua di Schumann Christoph (EDT) edito da Brill Academic Pub, 2008

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In this well-made volume, Schumann (Middle Eastern studies, U. of Bern, Switzerland) assembles 13 essays that examine liberal thought in the Eastern Mediterranean since the late nineteenth-century, and its influence, addressing important misconceptions. Instead of focusing on the traditional topics such as fundamentalism and terrorism, scholars of history and Middle Eastern studies from the US and Europe challenge the idea that liberalism does not exist in the area's intellectual discourse by looking at the activities of institutions, media, and people, and themes of modernity, reform, progress, individualism, constitutional rule, the rights of marginalized groups, and human civilization and democracy. Essays are based on presentations given at a conference held at the U. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, in honor of Thomas Philipp, organizer of previous annual conferences on the broad topic of Syrian history. Some papers from the conference will be included in a second volume. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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