Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi

Itzchak Weismann is Professor of Islamic studies and Director of the Jewish-Arab Center at Haifa University, Israel. His research focuses on modern Islam, including Islamic movements in the Middle East and South Asia, and interfaith dialogue.

• INTRODUCTION 1 THE MAKING OF A SYRIAN ISLAMIC INTELLECTUALPolitics and Society in Late Ottoman AleppoThe Urban Religious LandscapeFamily BackgroundBetween Traditional and Modern Education 2 EXPERIMENTS IN JOURNALISMOfficial and Private EditorThe Vocation of the PressThe Afflictions of the Ottoman SystemNew Hopes for AleppoCommunal Troubles 3 A PROVINCIAL OTTOMAN NOTABLE’S CAREERFacing the Hamidian RegimeA Man of His ClassFor the Sake of the PeopleOvertures toward a Middle ClassAn Exile in Egypt 4 THE CRISIS OF THE MUSLIM WORLDKawakibi’s OeuvreAn Islamic Conference in MeccaThe Degeneration of the UmmaCritic of the Religious TraditionThe Failings of the Tanzimat 5 A BLUEPRINT FOR REFORMModernist Salafi ReformationThe Model of the WestAn Association for Muslim EdificationAn Arab Caliphate 6 AGAINST TYRANNYA Scientific InquiryDefining TyrannyThe Politico-Religious NexusKnowledge and Public ServiceSocialism and DemocracyToward Progress 7 IN THE EYES OF POSTERITYA Middle-Class FamilyA Mixed LegacyA Final Assessment BibliographyIndex