Abstract
<p>The paper tries to elaborate the ideas of Hisham Sharabi on Neo-patriarchy culture and its relevance to the current situations. He perceived that Neo-patriarchy as one of main causes of the Arab crisis. According to him, the Arab societies in general did not adopt modernism in its real form. Therefore, rather transforming into modern society they turned into “distorted modernism.” The data of this research particularly are Sharabi’s works that were published during 1980s as crucial period of his intellectual journey. The paper found three major conclusions on neo-patriarchy culture postulated by Sharabi: 1) neo-patriarchy culture is the real form of Arab’s failure in transforming its societies into modern one, it reflected such as in authoritarian political system, economic dependent and social-political fragmentation; 2) criticism is pre-conditions for modern Arab societies’ transformation. One of the efforts to achieve real modernism according to Sharabi is to deconstruct some distorted definitions of democracy, civil society, etc., and build fresh meaning of the terms. <strong> </strong><strong><em></em></strong></p>
Highlights
We have witnessed various social, political, economic, and even humanitarian tragedies in the form of continuing civil wars in the Middle East and the Arab World in particular
Arab intellectual responses to the crisis experienced by Arab society can be traced to the era of Islamic modernism or whatso-called Nahda era
The idea of Islamic modernism with its variants must end with the defeat of the Arab-Israeli war in 1967
Summary
We have witnessed various social, political, economic, and even humanitarian tragedies in the form of continuing civil wars in the Middle East and the Arab World in particular. Arab intellectual responses to the crisis experienced by Arab society can be traced to the era of Islamic modernism or whatso-called Nahda era. One of criticisms expressed by an Arab thinker sees that one of the main causes of the failure of the Arab society in achieving the real movement of modernism is the strengthening of patriarchal culture. This idea was developed by a Palestinian thinker, Hisham Sharabi, a prominent Arab intellectual and Professor Emeritus of History and Umar al-Mukhtar Chair.
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