Abd Al-Rahman Al-Kawakibi: Islamic Reform and Arab Revival

by Itzchak Weismann

Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi (1855-1902) was one of the most articulate and original proponents of reformist ideas in the Arab world, as well as a precursor of Arab nationalism. A journalist, political thinker and social activist from Aleppo, Syria, he was a sharp critic of both the scholarly and Sufi religious traditions, and of the autocratic Ottoman government of the day. Undeterred by persecution and arrest, he advocated returning to the model of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780747950
• ISBN13: 9781780747958
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Oneworld Academic
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.7"