Halim Barakat
Biographic Data
| ID | 273189 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Halim Barakat |
| GIVEN NAMES | Halim |
| FAMILY NAME | Barakat |
| SIGNATURE | BARAKAT H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgetown University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Arab World: Society, Culture and State
The Arab World: Society, Culture, and the State
Arab World: Society, Culture, and State
This wide-ranging examination of Arab society and culture offers a unique opportunity to know the Arab world from an Arab point of view. Halim Barakat, an expatriate Syrian who is both scholar and novelist, emphasizes the dynamic changes and diverse patterns that have characterized the Middle East since the mid-nineteenth century. The Arab world is not one shaped by Islam, nor one simply explained by reference to the sectarian conflicts of a "mos…
Toward a Viable Lebanon
This book considers whether there are any practical solutions to the Lebanese crisis and how they might be implemented
Saad Eddin Ibrahim, The New Arab Social Order: A Study of the Social Impact of Oil Wealth (Boulder, Colorado and London: Westview Press and Croom-Helm, 1982)
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Crucial Bonds: Marriage Among the Lebanese Druze
Lebanon in Strife: Student Preludes to the Civil War
Lebanon in Strife: Student Preludes to the Civil War
In this study, an eminent sociologist of the Arab world analyzes student politics in Lebanon and their relationship to the civil war. This focus is part of a larger concern with upheaval in Arab society and with political and social integration in mosaic societies in general. Professor Barakat provides a clear, thorough, and comprehensive analysis of late twentieth century Lebanese society and the dominant ideological veins within it. Lebanon in …
The Palestinian Refugees: An Uprooted Community Seeking Repatriation
The two million and a half Palestinians can be classified as either refugees outside their country Palestinians under occupation or refugees under occupation in their own country. About 600000 are living in camps; 313000 are accorded second class citizenship in Israel; and about one million are under occupation in the West Bank and Gaza. The rest whether established or not are living like all other Palestinians in a state of exile and uprootednes…
The Palestinian Refugees: An Uprooted Community Seeking Repatriation
Social Factors Influencing Attitudes of University Students in Lebanon Towards the Palestinian Resistance Movement
The present paper is part of a more general sociological study of university students in Lebanon as agents of social and political change. The aim is to identify and describe some basic social variables determining the attitudes of university students towards a revolutionary movement that, after the June War of 1967, provided an alternative to the policies of existing governments for solving the Palestine problem and for effecting political chang…
Social Factors Influencing Attitudes of University Students in Lebanon towards the Palestinian Resistance Movement
Palestinian Refugees of 1967: A Sociological Study 1
Alienation: A Process of Encounter between Utopia and Reality
We are repeatedly told that alienation of man from society, social organizations, and/or himself is one of the dominant conditions and modes of life in modern times. This generalization is partly evidenced by the fact that alienation is a central theme in the works of the prominent social scientists, philosophers and artists of our times. This paper is an attempt to present a global perspective on alienation. Simply, it undertakes to describe a f…
Arab World: Society, Culture, and State
This wide-ranging examination of Arab society and culture offers a unique opportunity to know the Arab world from an Arab point of view. Halim Barakat, an expatriate Syrian who is both scholar and novelist, emphasizes the dynamic changes and diverse patterns that have characterized the Middle East since the mid-nineteenth century. The Arab world is not one shaped by Islam, nor one simply explained by reference to the sectarian conflicts of a "mos…
Alienation: A Process of Encounter between Utopia and Reality
We are repeatedly told that alienation of man from society, social organizations, and/or himself is one of the dominant conditions and modes of life in modern times. This generalization is partly evidenced by the fact that alienation is a central theme in the works of the prominent social scientists, philosophers and artists of our times. This paper is an attempt to present a global perspective on alienation. Simply, it undertakes to describe a f…
The Arab World: Society, Culture and State
The Palestinian Refugees: An Uprooted Community Seeking Repatriation
The two million and a half Palestinians can be classified as either refugees outside their country Palestinians under occupation or refugees under occupation in their own country. About 600000 are living in camps; 313000 are accorded second class citizenship in Israel; and about one million are under occupation in the West Bank and Gaza. The rest whether established or not are living like all other Palestinians in a state of exile and uprootednes…
Toward a Viable Lebanon
This book considers whether there are any practical solutions to the Lebanese crisis and how they might be implemented
The Palestinian Refugees: An Uprooted Community Seeking Repatriation
Social Factors Influencing Attitudes of University Students in Lebanon Towards the Palestinian Resistance Movement
The present paper is part of a more general sociological study of university students in Lebanon as agents of social and political change. The aim is to identify and describe some basic social variables determining the attitudes of university students towards a revolutionary movement that, after the June War of 1967, provided an alternative to the policies of existing governments for solving the Palestine problem and for effecting political chang…
Alienation: A Process of Encounter between Utopia and Reality
We are repeatedly told that alienation of man from society, social organizations, and/or himself is one of the dominant conditions and modes of life in modern times. This generalization is partly evidenced by the fact that alienation is a central theme in the works of the prominent social scientists, philosophers and artists of our times. This paper is an attempt to present a global perspective on alienation. Simply, it undertakes to describe a f…
Palestinian Refugees of 1967: A Sociological Study 1
Social Factors Influencing Attitudes of University Students in Lebanon Towards the Palestinian Resistance Movement
The present paper is part of a more general sociological study of university students in Lebanon as agents of social and political change. The aim is to identify and describe some basic social variables determining the attitudes of university students towards a revolutionary movement that, after the June War of 1967, provided an alternative to the policies of existing governments for solving the Palestine problem and for effecting political chang…
Social Factors Influencing Attitudes of University Students in Lebanon towards the Palestinian Resistance Movement
The Palestinian Refugees: An Uprooted Community Seeking Repatriation
The two million and a half Palestinians can be classified as either refugees outside their country Palestinians under occupation or refugees under occupation in their own country. About 600000 are living in camps; 313000 are accorded second class citizenship in Israel; and about one million are under occupation in the West Bank and Gaza. The rest whether established or not are living like all other Palestinians in a state of exile and uprootednes…
The Palestinian Refugees: An Uprooted Community Seeking Repatriation
Lebanon in Strife: Student Preludes to the Civil War
In this study, an eminent sociologist of the Arab world analyzes student politics in Lebanon and their relationship to the civil war. This focus is part of a larger concern with upheaval in Arab society and with political and social integration in mosaic societies in general. Professor Barakat provides a clear, thorough, and comprehensive analysis of late twentieth century Lebanese society and the dominant ideological veins within it. Lebanon in …
Lebanon in Strife: Student Preludes to the Civil War
Crucial Bonds: Marriage Among the Lebanese Druze
Saad Eddin Ibrahim, The New Arab Social Order: A Study of the Social Impact of Oil Wealth (Boulder, Colorado and London: Westview Press and Croom-Helm, 1982)
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Toward a Viable Lebanon
This book considers whether there are any practical solutions to the Lebanese crisis and how they might be implemented
Arab World: Society, Culture, and State
This wide-ranging examination of Arab society and culture offers a unique opportunity to know the Arab world from an Arab point of view. Halim Barakat, an expatriate Syrian who is both scholar and novelist, emphasizes the dynamic changes and diverse patterns that have characterized the Middle East since the mid-nineteenth century. The Arab world is not one shaped by Islam, nor one simply explained by reference to the sectarian conflicts of a "mos…
The Arab World: Society, Culture, and the State
The Arab World: Society, Culture and State
Political science (13 works) · Middle East Politics and Society (11 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Economics (5 works) · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · History (4 works)