AN ARAB NEO-KANTIAN PHILOSOPHY OF CULTURE: CONSTANTINE ZURAYK ON CULTURE, REASON, AND ETHICS. From: Philosophy East and West | Date: October 1, 1999| Author: Kassab, Elizabeth Suzanne | COPYRIGHT 1999 University of Hawaii Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Introduction

Constantine Zurayk's Fi ma'rakat al-hadara (In the battle for culture), an essay on culture published in Beirut in 1964, is a reflection on the nature of civilization, its constitutive elements, its basic manifestations, and the laws and patterns governing its changes and variations. It is intended as a theoretical analysis the purpose of which is to better our understanding of the contemporary issues of the Arab world in particular and of the modern world i...