The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 28)

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The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 28)

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was a social phenomenon produced by the national bourgeoisie
27 On the whole the intewar
to serve their best interests.
Arab Marxists could not properly understand and interpret
the problems of the Arab national movement. Therefore, they
were inclined to apply definitions and generalizations far
from being relevant to Arab life.
The failure of the doctrinaire Marxists to present
an objective scientific analysis of the concrete problems
facing the Arab national movement led to the emergence of
a number of socialist circles which disclaimed the uncritical
way in which the doctrinaire Marxists applied their doctrines.
The most prominent of these circles was the "Ahali" association,
a group of Iraqi intellectuals who began their political
agitation in the early 1930's. In contrast to the doctrinaire
Marxists, they did not admit the existence of class struggle
in their society and recognized the institutions of religion
and family.7°
However, the Ahali group which opted to
follow a different approach from that of the doctrinaire
Marxists failed to take an independent stand on the issue of
nationalism. Following the footsteps of the Communists the
Ahali group repudiated nationalism which they associated with
274) -Hakam Darwaza, Al-Shuyu'iyah al-Mahaliyah wa
M'arakat al-'Arab al-Qawmiyah [Local Communism and Arab
National Struggle], (Beirut: Dar al-Fajr, 1961), pp. 41-42.
28 masjid Khadduri, Independent Irag: A Study in Iraqi
Politics from 1932-1958 (London: Oxford University Press,
1960), p. 71. |

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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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