The Arabic language and national identity: a study in ideology

Team DDU......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 9
1 Aims of the Study: The Disciplinary Context......Page 10
2 What is National Identity?......Page 13
3 Theoretical and Empirical Scope......Page 18
4 Organization of this Book......Page 21
1 Definition: The Achilles Heel......Page 25
2 Two Modes of Defining the Nation......Page 29
3 Two Types of Nation, Two Types of Nationalism......Page 32
4 Language and National Identity......Page 36
5 Conclusion......Page 42
1 Introduction......Page 47
2 In Praise of Arabic......Page 51
3 Hikmat al-rab: Wisdom of the Arabs......Page 56
4 Lahn: Solecism......Page 58
5 'Ajam and A'rab......Page 64
6 The Arabs as a Nation (umma): Further Evidence......Page 73
7 Conclusion......Page 75
1 Introduction......Page 78
2 From Ottomanism to Turkism: The Turkification of the Ottoman Turks......Page 79
3 From Ottomanism to Arabism: Preliminary Remarks......Page 88
3.1 The Placards......Page 91
3.2 Resisting Linguistic Turkification......Page 94
3.3 The Intellectuals Speak......Page 98
4 Ibrahim al-Yaziji: From Immediate Aims to Underlying Motives......Page 105
5 Conclusion......Page 118
1 Introduction......Page 122
2 Under the Banner of Arabic......Page 126
3.1 Populism: A Question of Style......Page 135
3.2 Nation, Language and Education......Page 137
3.3 Defining the Arab Nation......Page 140
3.4 Arab Nationalism and the Ideologization of Language......Page 143
3.5 Nation, Language and Religion......Page 149
3.6 Between the Standard and the Dialects: The Case for Linguistic Reforms......Page 151
4 Zaki al-Arsuzi: The Genius of the Arab Nation Inheres in its Language......Page 155
5 Conclusion......Page 167
1 Introduction......Page 171
2 The Arabic Language and Territorial Nationalism: Antun Sa'ada and Regional Syrian Nationalism......Page 173
3 The Arabic Language and Egyptian Nationalism: Early Beginnings......Page 178
4 The Arabic Language and Egyptian Nationalism: Full Elaboration......Page 183
4.1 The Arabic Language and Egyptian Nationalism: Salama Musa......Page 189
4.2 The Arabic Language and Egyptian Nationalism: Taha Husayn......Page 199
4.3 The Arabic Language and Egyptian Nationalism: Luwis 'wad......Page 206
5 The Arabic Language and Lebanese Nationalism: A General Introduction......Page 213
5.1 The Arabic Language and Lebanese Nationalism: 'Abdalla Lahhud......Page 216
5.2 The Arabic Language and Lebanese Nationalism: Kamal Yusuf al-Hajj......Page 219
6 Conclusion......Page 228
1 The Arabic Language and National Identity: Looking Back......Page 233
2 The Arabic Language and National Identity: Looking Forward......Page 237
Notes......Page 241
Works in Arabic Cited in the Text......Page 258
Works in Other Languages Cited in the Text......Page 269
Index......Page 279