Analysis of Albert Hourani's A History of the Arab Peoples
Few works of history make as well-structured a case for the importance of studying continuity, rather than change, than Albert Hourani''s A History of the Arab Peoples.
Hourani’s work had three major aims: to refute the idea that Arab society stagnated between 1000 and 1800; to study the period through the lens of diverse Arab, rather than Muslim, history; and to stress intellectual and cultural c...
Few works of history make as well-structured a case for the importance of studying continuity, rather than change, than Albert Hourani''s A History of the Arab Peoples.
Hourani’s work had three major aims: to refute the idea that Arab society stagnated between 1000 and 1800; to study the period through the lens of diverse Arab, rather than Muslim, history; and to stress intellectual and cultural c...
