The Emergence of Arab Nation-State Nationalism as an Alternative to the Supranational Concept of Ummah
Description:
In this dissertation, I examine the political shift or reorientation of Arabs and Muslims from the supranational Ummah to the Western form of nation-state by attending to modern Arabic novel in the period between World War I and World War II. I explore the emergence of secularism in Arab national formation. One of my central arguments is that Arab nationalism is indeed a misleading phrase as it gives the impression of unity and coherence to a complex phenomenon that materialize in a number of t…
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Date:
December 2023
Creator:
Alhamili, Mohammed Ali M.