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Self-Criticism After the Defeat- 1967 (Record no. 1433)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780863564888
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Personal name AlAzm, Sadik
9 (RLIN) 5770
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Title Self-Criticism After the Defeat- 1967
Statement of responsibility, etc. / Sadik Al Azm; Tr: George Stergios
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Edition statement Second edition;
Remainder of edition statement First published by Dar al Tali'ah دار الطليعة (Vanguard Press) in 1968
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. London;
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Saqi Books;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2011
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 192p;
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General note A devastating critique of the Arab World's political stagnation, after the 1967 war which lead to the defeat of Syria, Jordan and Egypt by Israel. Al-Azm was one of the few thinkers to carry out a self-assessment of Arab society, reflecting on the political and cultural faults that led to the defeat.
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Summary, etc. "The 1967 War – which led to the defeat of Syria, Jordan and Egypt by Israel – felt like an unprecedented and unimaginable disaster for the Arab world at the time. For many, the easiest solution was to shift the blame and to ignore some of the glaring defects of Arab society.<br/><br/>Syrian philosopher Sadik al-Azm was one of the few to challenge such a view in his seminal Self-Criticism after the Defeat. Exposing the political and cultural faults that led to the defeat, he argued that the Arabs could only progress by embracing secularism, gender equality, democracy, and science.<br/><br/>Available in English for the first time, Self-Criticism after the Defeat is a milestone in modern Arab intellectual history. It marked a turning point in Arab discourse about society and politics on publication in 1968, and spawned other intellectual ventures into Arab self-criticism.<br/><br/>About the Author<br/>Born in Syria (1934 - 22 December, 2016) Sadik al-Azm was one of the foremost Arab intellectuals of recent decades. Since this book’s original publication in Arabic, al-Azm was to know both eminence and persecution. He was tried in Lebanon for his assault on Islamic religious dogma, and was dismissed from his position at the American University of Beirut. Many of his works are still banned in the Arab world. He was Professor Emeritus of Modern European Philosophy until 20087 at the University of Damascus and was awarded the Erasmus Prize in 2004."<br/>
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Language note English
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Topical term or geographic name entry element DS114-128.2 History of Asia- (Palestine)- History
9 (RLIN) 5664
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Arab-Israeli war حرب عرب-اسرائيل
9 (RLIN) 5812
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Zionist occupation الاحتلال الصهيوني
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Geographic name Occupied Palestine فلسطين المحتلة
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Personal name Darraj, Faisal
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Personal name Stergios, George
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Personal name Ajami, Fouad
9 (RLIN) 5772
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    Library of Congress Classification     SAF Reference Library SAF Reference Library 05/18/2018   DS114-128.2 19.905.TIOOJ 1433 09/26/2022 09/26/2022 Book

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