The Arabic Language and National Identity : : A Study in Ideology /

The Arabic Language and National Identity : : A Study in Ideology / / Yasir Suleiman.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Suleiman, Yasir,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2002
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 The Arabic Language and National Identity: Aims and Scope
  • 1 Aims of the Study: The Disciplinary Context
  • 2 What is National Identity?
  • 3 Theoretical and Empirical Scope
  • 4 Organization of this Book
  • 2 Setting the Scene
  • 1 Definition: The Achilles Heel
  • 2 Two Modes of Defining the Nation
  • 3 Two Types of Nation, Two Types of Nationalism
  • 4 Language and National Identity
  • 5 Conclusion
  • 3 The Past Lives On
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 In Praise of Arabic
  • 3 Hikmat aWArab: Wisdom of the Arabs
  • 4 Lahn: Solecism
  • 5 'Ajam and 'Arab
  • 6 The Arabs as a Nation (umma): Further Evidence
  • 7 Conclusion
  • 4 The Arabic Language Unites Us
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 From Ottomanism to Turkism: The Turkification of the Ottoman Turks
  • 3 From Ottomanism to Arabism: Preliminary Remarks
  • 4 Ibrahim aLYaziji: From Immediate Aims to Underlying Motives
  • 5 Conclusion
  • 5 Arabic, First and Foremost
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Under the Banner of Arabic
  • 3 Sati' ahHusri: Arabic, First and Foremost
  • 4 Zaki aLArsuzi: The Genius of the Arab Nation Inheres in its Language
  • 5 Conclusion
  • 6 The Arabic Language and Territorial Nationalism
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Arabic Language and Territorial Nationalism: Antun Sa'ada and Regional Syrian Nationalism
  • 3 The Arabic Language and Egyptian Nationalism: Early Beginnings
  • 4 The Arabic Language and Egyptian Nationalism: Full Elaboration
  • 5 The Arabic Language and Lebanese Nationalism: A General Introduction
  • 6 Conclusion
  • 7 Conclusion: Looking Back, Looking Forward
  • 1 The Arabic Language and National Identity: Looking Back
  • 2 The Arabic Language and National Identity: Looking Forward
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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