Nationalism and liberal thought in the Arab East : ideology and practice / edited by Christoph Schumann.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1. The role of traditional religious scholars in Iraqi politics from the Young Turk period until 1920: the example of Yusuf al-Suwaydi / Thomas Eich -- 2. Who is "liberal" in 1930s Iraq? Education as a contested terrain in a nascent public sphere / Peter Wien -- 3. Liberal champions of pan-Arabism: Syria{u2019}s second Íizb al-Sha'b / Fred H. Lawson -- 4. Nation, state, and democracy in the writings of Zaki al-Arsuzi / Dalal Arsuzi-Elamir -- 5. Nationalism as a cause: Arab nationalism in the writings of Ghassan Kanafani / Orit Bashkin -- 6. Modernity, romanticism, and religion: contradictions in the writings of Farah Antun / Alexander Flores -- 7. Progress and liberal thought in al-Hil'al, al-Man'ar, and al-Muqta'aaf before World War I / Thomas Philipp -- 8. Liberal democracy versus fascist totalitarianism in Egyptian intellectual discourse: the case of Salama Musa and 'al-Majalla al-Jad{u00D0}da' / Israel Gershoni -- 9. The "failure" of radical nationalism and the "silence" of liberal thought in the Arab world / Christoph Schumann.

"This book explores the complex relationship between nationalism and liberal thought in the Arab East during the first half of the twentieth century. Examining this formative period through reformist Islam, Arab secularism and Arab literature, the book situates major shifts in the political ideologies and practices of Arab liberals within a historical context"