الصحافة و الحداثة و التمدن الجديد : العرب و الغرب في القرن التاسع عشر

Abstract EN

It has been commonplace among Arab scholars to look at the relationship with the West, since Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt, as being a continuous struggle against hegemony and colonial interests.

In his most influential book, Orientalism, Edward Said provided the foundations and theoretical tools for this prevailing mode of thinking.

This dominating trend, however, has obliterated the fact that in the nineteenth century many Arab intellectuals as well as the majority of the public have embraced the West despite their colonial agenda.

This paper focuses on the emergence of Arab journalism, as an outcome of the Arab-European interactions, and its agency in the promotion of Western thinking and modern urbanity in the Arab world