- Intellectuals, Politics and government, Nationalism, History
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 cultural renewals in their homelands through the forces of modernity and secularism.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and epic.
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- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Fouad Ajami
- First published
- 1998
- Pages
- 356
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Vintage
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780375704741
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“WHEN THE IRAQI poet Buland Haidari was buried in London in the summer of 1996, the men and women of Arabic letters who bade him farewell could not miss the poignancy of his fate.”
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