Culture, civilization, and humanity / Tarek Heggy.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-384) and index.

Selected and translated from the original Arabic by the author.

Print version record.

Part Part I Essays on the Values of Progress -- chapter Introduction: The English Edition -- chapter Prelude -- chapter 1 Some Basic Remarks About the Values of Progress -- chapter 2 The Most Important Values of Progress -- chapter 3 Source and Identity -- chapter 4 Cultural Specificity -- chapter 5 Building a Strong Society -- part Part II Essays on Egypt's Cultural Dilemma -- chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 Why Do I Write? -- chapter 2 The 'Big-Talk' Syndrome -- chapter 3 Singing Our Own Praises -- chapter 4 Between a Culture of Peace and a Culture of War -- chapter 5 Egyptian Identity and Globalization -- chapter 6 Humanity, America and Civilization -- chapter 7 Reflections on an American Trip -- chapter 8 Localized to the Spine -- chapter 9 The Anatomy of Apathy -- chapter 10 The United States and the World Future -- chapter 11 Egypt's Economic Reform in the Balance -- chapter 12 The Arab Mindset and the Conspiracy Theory -- chapter 13 Complacency: 'Enough is Enough' -- chapter 14 Civilized Debate versus Fascist Intimidation -- chapter 15 Technological Advancement Prerequisites: Wealth or Management? -- chapter 16 Does 'Intellectuality' Have a 'Nationality'? -- chapter 17 Imperative Management Reform -- chapter 18 Fateful Transformation -- chapter 19 The Tragedy of Education and Culture in Egypt -- part Part III Essays on Contemporary Egyptian Problems -- chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 The Tragedy of Subsidies -- chapter 2 The Art of Work: An Art We Have Lost -- chapter 3 Who are the Makers of History: Circumstances or People? -- chapter 4 The Difficult Equation of Change versus Stability -- chapter 5 Religious Extremism in Egypt -- chapter 6 The Egyptian Problem: Origins and Analysis -- chapter 7 What is to be Done? -- chapter 8 The Four Idols -- chapter 9 Promoting Reading as a Hobby and a Methodology -- chapter 10 Egyptians Between Rights and Duties -- chapter 11 Saad Zaghlul and the Unity of the Two Elements of the Egyptian Nation -- chapter 12 Management and Society -- chapter 13 Reflections on 'Buffoonery' and 'Failure' -- part Part IV Essays on the Imperative Fall of Socialism: A Critique of Marxism -- chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 Marxism: Where To? -- chapter 2 The Dictatorship of the Proletariat -- chapter 3 Eurocommunism -- chapter 4 The Revealing Light of Democracy and the Darkness of the Single Opinion -- chapter 5 Marxist Economics Between Theory and Practice -- chapter 6 The Individual and Society -- chapter 7 Marxism Between Protestantism and Catholicism -- chapter 8 Communist Propaganda in the Balance of Truth.

Divided into four parts and comprising Tarek Heggy's writings on the Egyptian mind, this volume makes an attempt to diagnose the illnesses of contemporary Egyptian political and socio-economic actuality and prescribe two solutions: a liberal political system and a modern market economy.

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