Arab Modernities: Islamism, Nationalism, and Liberalism in the Post-Colonial Arab World

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Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Periodizing Arab Modernities: Toward a Political History of the Present Rise of Arab Nationalist Capitalism Between State and Private Capitalism Decline of Arab State Capitalism Contemporary Islamism Neo-Liberalism Triumphant Conclusion Arab Liberalism: Abdallah Laroui and the Politics of the End of History An Intellectual Biography A Collective Problematic The Intellectual Elite and Social Change Historical Role of Intellectuals Three Kinds of State Two Kinds of Marxism Dialectics at a Standstill Defending Liberal Modernity Modernity and the State A New Vision of Modernity Historicism and History Conclusion Tradition, Rationality, and Nationalism: Al- Jabri’s Critique of the “ Arab Mind” An Intellectual Biography Historical Context “Fundamentalist” Approaches to Tradition Toward a New Approach to Tradition Role of Philosophy in Social Change Two Philosophical Traditions Privatization, Liberalism, and Socialism Globalization as a New Economic System Social Justice and Democracy The Arab Bourgeoisie, the State, and Alternative Modernity Conclusion Islamism and Modernity: Abdessalam Yassine and Islamizing Modernity An Intellectual Biography On the Historical Formation What is Modernity? Social Change, Politics, and Prophetic Method Commitment to the Movement Toward an Islamist State Shura or Democracy? On Ethnicity Politics On Women and Gender Conclusion Toward A New Project of Modernity: Marxism and the Arab Left Applying Marxist Tools to Moroccan Society and Ideology Early Marx and the Project of Radical Democracy The Socialist Project A New Understanding of Arab Culture The Historical Mission of Intellectuals A Critique of Capitalist Globalization Tasks for the Moroccan/Arab Left Conclusion Conclusion Select Bibliography Index