The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 10)

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The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 10)

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had to take place in the traditional Ottoman society. It
is true that in their endeavor to strengthen their own
positions the Ottoman Sultans and Mohammed Ali were selective
in choosing the Western tools, but because of the very nature
of those tools it was impossible to utilize them without
the rejuvination and the reformation of the social structure
of the traditional society. Thus the borrowing of modern
technology and know-hew from the West generated a self-
propelling dynamism which was indeed conducive in dis-
seminating the values and objectives of the Western world.
Officers and cadets who were trained under the European
military instructors became devoted not only to the modern
technology of warfare and industry but also to the political,
economic and social institutions which rendered the West
superior.
Third, the impact of Western expansion, which was
first felt during the French occupation of Egypt in 1789,
awakened what one might call the political consciousness
of modern Egypt. "French rule allowed a share of political
power to be exercised by some enlightened indigenous
elements, namely the learned shiekhs. Rudiments of orderly
administration were learned through working in the Diwan
of the new government. The printing press of Cairo and the
Institute of Egypt opened up new fields of learning. True
that these institutions were more concerned with the ancient
legacy of Egypt than with the enlightening of Egyptians,
but they were deeply appreciated by, and left a profound

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The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party

تاريخ

1971-02-07

المنشئ

Basil R. Al-Kubaisi

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