Rethinking Nationalism in the Arab Middle East

by Gershoni, Israel

• ISBN13: 9780231106955
• ISBN10: 0231106955
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-09-01
• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr

Summary

Today's discourse on nationalism is engaged by dynamic theoretical models derived from studies in literary criticism, cultural anthropology, socioeconomics, and psychology. This is the first book of its kind to apply this new theoretical framework to the Arab Middle East, with essays by Beth Baron, Fred Halliday, Rashid Khalidi, and Emmanuel Sivan.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Narrativity I: Mechanics of Historiography: How Academics Construct Nationalist History	p. 1
Rethinking the Formation of Arab Nationalism in the Middle East, 1920-1945: Old and New Narratives	p. 3
The Formation of Yemeni Nationalism: Initial Reflections	p. 26
The Tropes of Stagnation and Awakening in Nationalist Historical Consciousness: The Egyptian Case	p. 42
Narrativity II: Mechanics of Ideology: How Nationalists Construct Nationalist History	p. 63
The Arab Nationalism of George Antonius Reconsidered	p. 65
The Imposition of Nationalism on a Non-Nation State: The Case of Iraq During the Interwar Period, 1921-1941	p. 87
Nationalist Iconography: Egypt as a Woman	p. 105
Discursive Competitions: The Interplay of Rival Nationalist Visions	p. 125
Nationalizing the Pharaonic Past: Egyptology, Imperialism, and Egyptian Nationalism, 1922-1952	p. 127
Arab Nationalism in "Nasserism" and Egyptian State Policy, 1952-1958	p. 150
Polycentrism	p. 169
The Formation of Palestinian Identity: The Critical Years, 1917-1923	p. 171
The Palestinians: Tensions Between Nationalist and Religious Identities	p. 191
Arab Nationalism in the Age of the Islamic Resurgence	p. 207
Nationalist Diffusion from the Bottom Up: Other Voices	p. 229
The Other Arab Nationalism: Syrian/Arab Populism in Its Historical and International Contexts	p. 231
Arab Workers and Arab Nationalism in Palestine: A View from Below	p. 249
The Paradoxical in Arab Nationalism: Interwar Syria Revisited	p. 273
Notes	p. 289
Glossary of Arabic Terms	p. 337
Works Cited in the Text	p. 341
Contributors	p. 355
Index	p. 359
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