The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 139)

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The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 139)

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the same time. He dreams of acquiring the material power of
the West. But at the same time, he is against most of the
Western philosophies. In his system of thought there is no
correspondence between the national power acquired by a
country and its political, economic and social structure.
To him, a good government makes a powerful country. What
counts, in the final analysis, is power not principles or
ideas.
By the same token, all social ills and economic
disparities are blamed on the government. This attitude
towards governments in general has a deep-rooted origin in
the Arab mentality. Islamic history was taught as a history
of dynasties and great rulers. Abdu's early cry that the
East is in a desperate need of a "benevolent despot" is a
manifestation of this mentality.
The people were yearning to the glory of their past,
the glory of powerful heroes. It is no accident, therefore,
that Aflaq introduced the Ba'th as a "new era of heroism".”
His later rhetoric always touched on this focal point. A
good one is his famous saying: "Mohammed was all the Arabs,
so let now all the Arabs be Mohammed. "©
°Pi Sabil al-Bath [Toward the Ba'th], (Beirut:
6
Ibid., p. 54.

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

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1971-02-07

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Basil R. Al-Kubaisi

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