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| 07342. RELIGION AND CIVILIZATION IN THE ARAB RESURGENCE OF THE 20TH CENTURY. Interesting study, applying categories of Arnold Toynbee to modern Arab history. Covers Toynbee's analysis of religion as providing social order and individual understanding, Islam's success explained by its ability to meet these needs. Islamic vs. Western views of the confrontation between civilizations in the last 200 years; Arab thinkers as examples of westernization or traditionalism (Al-Afghani, Nuri al-Said, Haj Amin al-Husseini, Nasser); positive and negative views of resurgence of Islamic thought in 1970s; pro-Islamic conclusion. 7 pages, 21 footnotes, 4 bibliographic sources. |
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