The Premodern History of “Civilisation” in Arabic: Rifāʿa al-Ṭahṭāwī and his Medieval Sources
From the 1820s onwards, “progress” and “civilisation” gained extensive use in Arabic and evolved as comprehensive concepts. “Progress” conveyed the power of development and “civilisation” referred to the aspired-to future. The key use of “civilisation” was to establish a new form of legitimacy used...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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Die Welt des Islams
Year: 2022, Volume: 62, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 389-418 |
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B Nahḍa B Arab modernity B Arab philosophy B al-Ṭahṭāwī B Islamic civilisation |
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