The book presents the history of the arabs from the advent. Fornecemos, em parceira com as maiores editoras do pais, os pdfs dos primeiros capitulos dos principais lancamentos editoriais. Albert houranis survey history of the arab peoples covers an impressively large amount of material. Albert houranis a history of the arab peoples is an ambitious and successful attempt to summarize fourteen centuries of political, cultural, and religious history of people who inhabited an. A history of the arab peoples by albert hourani goodreads. He studied philosophy, politics, economics and history with an emphasis on international relationsat the magdalen college in oxford. Upon its publication in 1991, albert houranis masterwork was hailed as the definitive story of arab civilization. Jan 01, 20 in a bestselling work of profound and lasting importance, the late albert hourani told the definitive history of the arab peoples from the seventh century, when the new religion of islam began to spread from the arabian peninsula westwards, to the present day. With further analysis this proves not to be quite so simple. Albert hourani draws on many years of experience, research and thought in this masterful history of the arabs from mohammeds day to the present.
More recent editions contain an afterword by malise ruthven bringing the history up to the present day including the invasion of iraq. It is a masterly distillation of a lifetime of scholarship and a unique insight into a perpetually troubled region. Despite the turmoil of arab nationalism and fundamentalism, middle eastern wars, and oil crises, the history of the arab world has been little known and poorly understood in the west. Like defeat goes deeper into the human soul than victory. In a bestselling work of profound and lasting importance, the late albert hourani told the definitive history of the arab peoples from the seventh century, when the new religion of islam began to spread from the arabian peninsula westwards, to the present day.
Houranis a history of the arab peoples spans centuries and continents as he describes the history of arabicspeaking people of northern africa, spain, and the middle east. Albert hourani was born in manchester, england, in 1915 and studied at oxford university. A history of the arab peoples by albert hourani, malise. Albert hourani author of a history of the arab peoples. Hourani was born in manchester, england, the son of soumaya rassi and fadlo hourani, immigrants from marjeyoun in. A history of the arab peoples by albert hourani librarything. Upon its publication in 1991, albert houranis masterwork was hailed as the definitive story of arab civilization, and became both a bestseller and an instant classic. A history of the arab peoples is a book written by the britishborn lebanese historian albert hourani the book presents the history of the arabs from the advent of islam although some preislamic history is included to the late 20th century. History of the arab peoples by albert hourani, albert h. Albert hourani a history of the arab peoples, 1992 edition this book is a milehigh overview of the history of arab peoples from mohammed to 1991.
A history of the arab peoples npr coverage of a history of the arab peoples by albert hourani. Arabic thought in the liberal age 17981939 is the most comprehensive study of the modernizing trend of political and social thought in the arab middle east. Id like to read this book on kindle dont have a kindle. Albert habib hourani, albert hourani,malise ruthven. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. But the evident virtues of a history of the arab peoples notwithstanding, close scrutiny of the book reveals some major deficiencies, having to do with its static quality, its tendency to gloss over problems, and its hidden agenda. A history of the arab peoples 1991 edition open library.
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Jun 06, 2018 a history of the arab people by albert hourani posted on june 6, 2018 by philipcoulter one thing i did learn from edward saids orientalism is to be suspicious of any writer who is an expert in a particular subsection of a field and writes a general overview of that topic particularly when it ends up in modern day politics the expert on. Download a history of the arab peoples by albert hourani. The oxford scholar albert hourani makes this point obliquely in his new general history by devoting his prologue to a portrait of the great 14thcentury historian, ibn khaldun. Hourani was born the son of immigrants from south lebanon. When hourani titled his book, history of the arab peoples, he was being honest and literal the book is literally a history of the peoples, including the development of their interpretations of islam, the formation of various schools of thought on the islamic law and how literally it was to be interpreted, the conflict between secularism and fundamentalism and nationalism in the post. Arabia, the sudan, morocco 243 15 the changing balance of power in the eighteenth century. I imagine it is standard textbook in an arab culture or middle eastern studies curriculum. The arab provinces 234 the culture of the arab provinces 238 beyond the empire. He attended magdalen college, oxford, where he studied philosophy, politics, and economics. A history of the arab israeli conflict 7th edition. A history of the arab people by albert hourani posted on june 6, 2018 by philipcoulter one thing i did learn from edward saids orientalism is to be suspicious of any writer who is an expert in a particular subsection of a field and writes a general overview of that topic particularly when it ends up in modern day politics the expert on.
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