Nature of Tyranny e-bog
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The Nature of Tyrannywas written and published at the dawn of the twentieth century by Abdul Rahman Al-Kawakibi, one of the pioneering thinkers of the Arab world. More than a century later, another Arab awakening exploded, led by a new generation of youth who chanted Al-Kawakibis words in revolutionary cries from Aleppo, his hometown, to Cairos Tahrir Square.Today this seminal text appears in E...
E-bog
348,37 DKK
Forlag
Hurst Publishers
Udgivet
8 december 2021
Længde
152 sider
Genrer
Political ideologies and movements
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781787386303
The Nature of Tyrannywas written and published at the dawn of the twentieth century by Abdul Rahman Al-Kawakibi, one of the pioneering thinkers of the Arab world. More than a century later, another Arab awakening exploded, led by a new generation of youth who chanted Al-Kawakibis words in revolutionary cries from Aleppo, his hometown, to Cairos Tahrir Square.Today this seminal text appears in English for the first time, with a foreword from Leon T. Goldsmith offering an overview of Al-Kawakibis intellectual contributions. The first chapter of the text provides a definition of tyranny, presenting it as akin to a sickness or malaise that seeps into all classes of society, leaving behind decay. The following seven chapters apply this conception of tyranny to what Al-Kawakibi sees as societys crucial elements: religion, knowledge, honour, economy, ethics and progress. Having laid a theoretical framework for understanding the centrality of tyranny, its characteristics and its devastating effects, Al-Kawakibi concludes by setting forth a brief programme for remedying the disease of tyranny. The final chapter outlines another book in which he had planned to elaborate upon his ideasbut, ultimately, his fate arrived too soon.