{"product_id":"the-nature-of-tyranny-and-the-devastating-results-of-oppression","title":"The Nature of Tyranny and the Devastating Results of Oppression","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbdul Rahman Al-Kawakibi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmer Chaikhouni (translation)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback, 152 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9781787385481\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA pathbreaking analysis of tyranny by one of the 19th century’s most prominent Arab intellectuals\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Nature of Tyranny was written and published at the dawn of the twentieth century by Abdul Rahman Al-Kawakibi, one of the pioneering thinkers of the Arab world. More than a century later, another Arab awakening exploded, led by a new generation of youth who chanted Al-Kawakibi’s words in revolutionary cries from Aleppo, his hometown, to Cairo’s Tahrir Square.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday this seminal text appears in English for the first time, with a foreword from Leon T. Goldsmith offering an overview of Al-Kawakibi’s intellectual contributions. The first chapter of the text provides a definition of tyranny, presenting it as akin to a sickness or malaise that seeps into all classes of society, leaving behind decay. The following seven chapters apply this conception of tyranny to what Al-Kawakibi sees as society’s crucial elements: religion, knowledge, honour, economy, ethics and progress. Having laid a theoretical framework for understanding the centrality of tyranny, its characteristics and its devastating effects, Al-Kawakibi concludes by setting forth a brief programme for remedying the ‘disease’ of tyranny. The final chapter outlines another book in which he had planned to elaborate upon his ideas–but, ultimately, his fate arrived too soon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hurst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39561057304611,"sku":"9781787385481","price":75.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/products\/L1010070.jpg?v=1641950220","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.mom\/products\/the-nature-of-tyranny-and-the-devastating-results-of-oppression","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}