Safouan, Moustafa.

Why are the Arabs not free? : the politics of writing / Moustapha Safouan. - Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell Publishing, 2007. - xvii, 106 p. ; 23 cm. - Critical quarterly . - Critical quarterly .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / by Colin MacCabe Acknowledgements Introduction Components of Western dominance Questions that have been forgotten in our political philosophy Creative transmission and stagnant transmission: culture and power Peoples and writers The role of language in the creation of culture Writing and power The fraud of the Islamic state Further reading Index.

9781405161718 (pbk.) : No price

2007010860

GBA772293 bnb


Arab countries--Politics and government--20th century.
Arab countries--Intellectual life--20th century.
Civilization, Arab--20th century.

DS39 .S237 2007

320.174927