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Why Arabic? - Hoezo arabisch?

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Dutch Series: Islam & SocietyPublication details: Amsterdam : Leiden University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (58 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789400600072
  • 9400600070
  • 9789087280956
  • 9087280955
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Why Arabic? - Hoezo arabisch?DDC classification:
  • 439.31
LOC classification:
  • PJ6145 .S384 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
WHY ARABIC?HOEZO ARABISCH?; Contents; Preface; Why Arabic?; What is Islam?; Reading the Revolution; Hoezo Arabisch?; About the Author.
Summary: The sheer quantity of baggage that Arabic has acquired on its travels through the Western consciousness is unique. That the West's complex and intricate relationship with the language is now characterised above all by fear is a special tragedy, argues papyrologist Petra Sijpesteijn in Why Arabic?In this vigorous defence of Arabic and the long tradition of Arabic studies, Sijpesteijn shows what can be gained by engaging with this extraordinarily fertile language and culture, and how insight and understanding can be found in the most unexpected places. Arabic's endless riches continue to surpris.
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WHY ARABIC?HOEZO ARABISCH?; Contents; Preface; Why Arabic?; What is Islam?; Reading the Revolution; Hoezo Arabisch?; About the Author.

The sheer quantity of baggage that Arabic has acquired on its travels through the Western consciousness is unique. That the West's complex and intricate relationship with the language is now characterised above all by fear is a special tragedy, argues papyrologist Petra Sijpesteijn in Why Arabic?In this vigorous defence of Arabic and the long tradition of Arabic studies, Sijpesteijn shows what can be gained by engaging with this extraordinarily fertile language and culture, and how insight and understanding can be found in the most unexpected places. Arabic's endless riches continue to surpris.

Includes bibliographical references.

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