Who modernized Egyptian culture? Cover Image

Kto zmodernizował egipską kulturę?
Who modernized Egyptian culture?

Author(s): Agnieszka Piotrowska
Subject(s): Sociology of Culture
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Nahda; Egyptian culture; Arab modernity; Egyptian modernity; Egyptian secularism;

Summary/Abstract: Historical and literary analysis of the Egyptian modernization project and the conflict it caused in the area of Middle Eastern culture where Egypt plays a leading role. The article questions selected claims from the field of postcolonial studies and discusses how the colonial powers used “modernist” and “anti-modernist strategies” in the Arab region for their own benefit. It argues that the same conflict is being rec-reated today through identity discourses and so called “cancel culture”.

  • Issue Year: 3/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 65-76
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish