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Title Page, Copyright 1 Contents 5 Acknowledgments 7 Note on Translation and Transliteration 11 1. Introduction: Debating Modernity 15 2. Fantasy of the Imam 33 3. Aversion to Civilization 67 4. Staging the Colonial Encounter 102 5. Majnun Strikes Back 128 6. Hacking the Modern 159 7. Conclusion: Writing the New Political 186 Notes 197 Glossary 225 Bibliography 227 Index 241 Publisher:Fordham University Press,Published:2013,ISBN:9780823252367,Related ISBN:9780823251711,Language:English,OCLC:847623349 Challenging prevalent conceptualizations of modernity--which treat it either as a Western ideology imposed by colonialism or as a universal narrative of progress and innovation--this study instead offers close readings of the simultaneous performances and contestations of modernity staged in works by authors such as Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, Tayeb Salih, Hanan al-Shaykh, Hamdi Abu Golayyel, and Ahmad Alaidy. In dialogue with affect theory, deconstruction, and psychoanalysis, the book reveals these trials to be a violent and ongoing confrontation with and within modernity. In pointed and witty prose, El-Ariss bridges the gap between Nahda (the so-called Arab project of

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Author

Tarek El-Ariss

Publisher

Modern Language Initiative

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780823252350

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Literary Fiction, Literary Criticism

Rating

3.38 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13