Preface to the Third Edition

A Note on Sources, Quotations and Transliteration

Introduction to the Second Edition: Arab Nationalism Revisited

PART I An Attempt to Distinguish Third World from European Varieties of Nationalism

The Origins of Nation Formation and Nationalism in Europe

Social Science Interpretations of Nationalism and of Nation Formation in the `Third World'

Marxist Analyses of the Problem of the Subject and Colonised Peoples

Nationalism in the `Third World' as an Anti-Colonial `Modernisation Ideology'

Nationalism in the `Third World' as a Result of the Process of Acculturation

Nation Formation in the Colonies in the Context of Decolonisation Achieved by Armed Struggle

The Role of Nationalism and Nation Formation in the Process of Emancipation of the Peoples of the `Third World'

PART II The Emergence and Development of Nationalism in the Arab World Before the Second World War

The Historical Background of Arab Nationalism

The Middle East under the Ottomans: the Social Structure and Legitimacy of Ottoman Rule

Napoleon's Expedition to Egypt, 1798, and the Seizure of Power by Muhammad `Ali in 1805: The Beginnings of Externally Generated Social Change in the Middle East

Rifa`a Rafi` al-Tahtawi and the first Generation of European-educated Arab Intellectuals: the Beginnings of National Thinking in the Arab World

Two Forms of Islamic Revival: the Archaic-Millenarian Wahhabi Movement and the Modernism of al-Afghani and `Abduh

The Genesis of Arab Nationalism

Syria under the Rule of Muhammad `Ali: The Emergence of Secularism, and the Contribution of European and American Christian Missions to the Arab National Literary Renaissance

The Significance of the Tanzimat Period and of the Emergence of a Stratum of Arab Nationalist Officers and Intellectuals: the Secret Societies and the Politicisation of Nationalism until the anti-Ottoman Revolt of 1916-18

The Development of the Arab National Movement after the First World War the Role of Sati` al-Husri as a Theoretician of Arab Nationalism

PART III Sati` al-Husri's Theory of Populist Pan-Arab Nationalism and its Philosophical Origins

The Origins of al-Husri's Definition of the Nation

The German Sources: the German Romantics: Herder, Fichte and Arndt

The Arabic Sources: the Social and Historical Philosophy of Ibn Khaldun

The Foundations of Sati' al-Husri's Political Theory

The General Theoretical Framework

al-Husri's Attack on the French Idea of the Nation: his Critique of Renan

al-Husri's Criticism of Marxism

PART IV al-Husri's Theory in Action: Populist Pan-Arab Nationalism in Competition With Other Political Currents in the Middle East

Pan-Arab Nationalism versus Pan-Islamism: The Role of Islam in al-Husri's Writing

Preliminary Remarks

al-Husri's Interpretation of al-Afghani

al-Husri's Discussion of al-Kawakibi's anti-Ottomanism and `Abd al-Raziq's Critique of the Caliphate

Pan-Arab versus Local Nationalism I: al-Husri and the Egyptian Nationalists

Egyptian Nationalism: the History of its Development and Transformation

al-Husri's Discussions with the Liberal Egyptian Nationalists

Pan-Arab versus Local Nationalism II: al-Husri's Critique of Antun Sa'ada and his Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP)

PART V Between Arab Nationalism and Islam

Pan-Arab Nationalism as Westernised Ideology and Politics of Arab States: Between Ba'thism and Nasserism until the Six-Day War

The Revival of Political Islam: Between Islam and Arab Nationalism

Notes

Bibliography

Supplementary Bibliography

Index