The last nahdawi : Taha Hussein and institution building in Egypt /

Taha Hussein (1889-1973) is one of Egypt's most iconic figures. A graduate of al-Azhar, Egypt's oldest university, a civil servant and public intellectual and ultimately Egyptian Minister of Public Instruction, Hussein was central to key social and political developments in Egypt during th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ahmed, Hussam R. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:	Ḥusayn, Ṭāhā, > 1889-1973 > Political and social views. Education ministers > Egypt > Biography. Intellectuals > Egypt > Biography. Education and state > Egypt > History > 20th century. Egypt > Cultural policy > History > 20th century. Egypt > Politics and government > 1919-1952.

Table of Contents:

Egyptian cultural expansionism : Taha Hussein confronts the French in North Africa
Nahda goes to university : Taha Hussein and the mission of the private Egyptian university
Democratizing education : Taha Hussein, institutions, and unstable parliamentary politics
Democratizing the language : Taha Hussein and diversifying authority over classical Arabic
Winds of change : Taha Hussein and the end of a political project.