{"product_id":"the-nature-of-tyranny-abdul-rahman-al-kawakibi-9780197631959","title":"The Nature of Tyranny: And the Devastating Results of Oppression","description":"The 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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, honor, 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 program 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abdul Rahman Al-Kawakibi, Amer Chaikhouni\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197631959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197631959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.75h x 5.90w x 0.81d","brand":"Abdul Rahman Al-Kawakibi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43987114557695,"sku":"9780197631959","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4484c423-d354-4b46-8799-444f9f3846e2.jpg?v=1683287095","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-nature-of-tyranny-abdul-rahman-al-kawakibi-9780197631959","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}