Language and Change in the Arab Middle East: The Evolution of Modern Arabic Political DiscourseMiddle Eastern society experienced sudden and profound change in the 19th century under the impact of European expansion and influence. But as Western ideas about politics, technology, and culture began to infiltrate Arab society, the old language proved to be an inadequate vehicle for transmitting these alien concepts from abroad. In this study of the rise of modern Arabic, Ayalon examines 19th-century linguistic change in the Eastern Arab world as a mirror of changing Arab perceptions and responses to the West as well as a guide to the emergence of modern Arabic concepts, institutions, and practices. Focusing on the realm of political discourse, Ayalon looks at a wide array of evidence--local chronicles, travel accounts, translations of European writings, Arab political treatises, newspapers and periodicals, and dictionaries--to show how shifts in the color, tone, and meaning of the Arab vocabulary reflected a new socio-political and cultural reality. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
1 Religious Communities and NationStates | 16 |
2 Sultans Kings Emperors | 29 |
3 Subjects and Citizens | 43 |
4 The Sociopolitical EliteTraditional Standards of Seniority | 54 |
5 The Sociopolitical EliteLeadership by Popular Election | 69 |
6 Constitutions Laws Legislation | 81 |
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Abū Aḥmad al-Arabiyya al-Bashir al-funün al-Hilal al-Janna al-Jawa'ib al-Jinān al-Mişriyya al-Muqaṭṭam al-Naḥla al-Nashra al-Waqā'i Arab writers arbāb assembly became Beirut Birjīs Bārīs British Buwayhids Cairo common concept constitution council Da'irat denote designate Desmichels dīwān Egypt Egyptian elected Empire Europe European example foreign France French French Revolution Ḥadīqat al-akhbär ḥizb Ibn Khaldūn idea idem institutions Ishaq Islamic Istanbul Jabarti July jumhuriyya June Kanz Khayr al-Din king language Lebanese Maḥmūd majlis malik Mamluk mashyakha meaning Middle East Middle Eastern milla modern monarchs Mudda Muhammad mulūk Muslim Nazm nineteenth century notion Ottoman Ottoman Empire Paris Parliament political Qalqashandī qānūn Qāsim Qur'an Qurra ra'iyya Rawḍ reference republic Riḥla rulers rusul semantic sense shab sharia shaykh Shihābī shūrā sovereigns sulṭān Tahṭāwī Takhliș term Thamarāt tion traditional translation Turk Turkish umma usage Voltaire wakil word wukala Zarābī