Description
This volume is limited to contributions by Professor Kedourie's previous students. It reveals the far-reaching range of his interests and the immense expanse of his horizons. The first part deals with philosophy, political thought and ideology and the second with history and politics.
Table of Contents
Introduction - Elie Kedourie as teacher. Part 1 Philosophy, political thought and ideology: Schiller's theory of aesthetic semblance, Patrick Murray; notes on the concept of the civil condition, David H. Sandiford; the role of education in the development of Arab nationalism in the fertile crescent during the 1920s, Yoram Kahati; Islam vis-a-vis communism and socialism, Rami Ginat; Sun Yat-Sen's influence on Mu'ammar Qadhdhafi, Audrey Wells. Part 2 History and politics: Vorontsov's campaign of 1845 - a reconstruction and reinterpretation, Moshe Gammer; dating the past - C.J. Edmonds and the invention of modern Iraq, Liora Lukitz; Nahhas, the Arab league and the postwar order - a reinterpretation, Eran Lerman; the causes of the failure of democracy in Iran, 1941-1953, Massoumeh Torfeh; Arab strategy towards the Arab-Israeli conflict, January 1964 to June 1967, Moshe Shemesh; Elie Kedourie's teaching of Middle Eastern history.
