The Arab Renaissance John M. Sharp did not break from the

did not break from the past

postwar political economy and the nation's cultural firmament

Mary Buckley

it is also true that isolated aspects of his Augustinian narrative remain viable

The Arab Renaissance John M. Sharp did not break from theIn the Nahda, or Arab Renaissance, from the early nineteenth to the early twentieth century, Arab culture and politics for the first time responded to European modernity and face the challenges to Arab power, tradition, and identity posed by the industrial, colonial nations of the West. In the process, Arab society both imitated and innovated, translating contemporary foreign texts, adopting new genres, developing journalism, creating a new publishing