Arab Civilization: Challenges and Responses

George N. Atiyeh is Head of the Near East Section of the Library of Congress. Ibrahim M. Oweiss is Professor of Economics at Georgetown University.

• Editors' NotePrefacePart I. The Man and His Work Constantine K. Zurayk: Advocate of Rationalism in Modern Arab ThoughtHani A. FarisHumanism and Secularism in the Modern Arab Heritage: The Ideas of al-Kawākibī and ZuraykGeorge N. AtiyehPart 2. The Classical Heritage On the Use of Islamic History: An EssayMuhsin MahdiThe Expression of Historicity in the KoranJacques BerqueEquity and Islamic LawMajid KhadduriThe Devolution of the Perfect State: Plato, Ibn Rushd, and Ibn KhaldunMajid Fakhryal-Khwārizmī's Concept of AlgebraRoshdi RashedIbn Khaldun, the Father of EconomicsIbrahim M. OweissA Mamlūk "Magna Carta"Aziz Sourial AtiyaPart 3. The Modern Age: Challenges and Responses The Memoirs of Nubar Pasha as a Source for the Social History of EgyptCharles IssawiThe Neopatriarchal Discourse: Language and Discourse in Contemporary Arab SocietyHisham SharabiThe Interplay Between Social and Cultural Change: The Case of Germany and the Arab Middle EastBassam TibiCriticism and the Heritage: Adonis as an Advocate of a New Arab CultureMounah A. KhouriAḥmad Amīn and 'Abbās Maḥmūd al-'Aqqād Between al-Quadīm and al-Jadīd: European Challenge and Islamic ResponseIbrahim IbrahimAmīn al-Rīḥānī and King 'Abdul-'Aziz Ibn Sa'ūdIfran ShahidA Reinterpretation of the Origins and Aims of the Great Syrian Revolt, 1925-27Philip S. KhouryThe Social and Economic Structure of Bāb-al-Muṣallā (al-Mīdān), Damascus, 1825-75Abdul Karim RafeqImperial Germany: A View from DamascusSamir M. SeikalyThe Egyptian Press under Nasser and al-SadatFauzi M. NajjarIndex

"It will be essential for any serious student of Arab and Muslim civilization."—Marius Deeb, Georgetown University"It will establish itself as one of the important sources of knowledge and reference in the field of Arabic and Middle Eastern studies." —K. I. H. Semaan, SUNY, Binghamton"Arab Civilization is notable in terms of the breadth of the subjects covered and is appropriate in that it mirrors much of the work done by Constantine Zurayk himself. It is a very welcome addition to the literature in the field." —Rashid Khalidi, Columbia University