| ID | 178794 |
| Title Proper | World of tomorrow |
| Other Title Information | diaspora intellectuals and liberal thought in the 1950s |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kalisman, Hilary Falb |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article contributes to Palestinian intellectual history by discussing the lives and writings of three diaspora intellectuals during the transitional period of the 1950s: Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, Abdul-Latif Tibawi, and Nicola Ziadeh. I argue that they fused a conservative acceptance of state authority and avoidance of radical politics with a liberal understanding of nationalism and scholarship, including freedom, secularism, and objectivity. Without a Palestinian nation-state, their participation in the imagined futures of Pan-Arabism and decolonization meant avoiding radical leftist political movements. Instead, they advanced literature and history, surviving in the diaspora as liberals during Pan-Arabism’s transition from a revolutionary goal to a state ideology. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Palestine Studies Vol. 50, No.2; 2021: p.92-107 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Palestine Studies 2021-06 50, 2 |
| Key Words | Liberalism ; Decolonization ; Diaspora ; Intellectuals ; Palestinians ; 1950s ; Conservativism ; Jabra Ibrahim Jabra |