caa a22 4500 386369844 CHVBK 20180307111953.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198905 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0020743800032268 doi S0020743800032268 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0020743800032268 Matthee Rudi Los Angeles Jamal Al-Din Al-Afghani And The Egyptian National Debate [Elektronische Daten] [Rudi Matthee] A remarkable man in his own lifetime, Jamal al-Din al-Afghani became a legend after his death.1 For many people, Afghani evokes an image that combines the medieval ideal of the cosmopolitan Islamic scholar with the romantic aura of the 19th-century revolutionary. Since the late 1960s, Afghani has been the object of particular attention and controversy in both the West and the Islamic world. Iranian and Western scholars have radically reinterpreted his background and beliefs.2 This reevaluation of Afghani on the basis of new information about him has, however, not been generally accepted in the Islamic world. If anything, recent attention to Afghani's unorthodoxy and possible irreligion has only served to harden his defenders by giving credence to his own statements. Afghani plays an important role in the historical image of Muslim unity and sophistication presented by many Islamic groups and governments in this age of revived panIslamism. His plea for Islamic renewal through solidarity never lost its relevance as a powerful symbol linking the past with hopes for the future. The image of Afghani as the indefatigable fighter against Western imperialism who helped make the Muslim world aware of its distinct identity remains equally as suggestive. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 International Journal of Middle East Studies Cambridge University Press 21/2(1989-05), 151-169 0020-7438 21:2<151 1989 21 MES https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020743800032268 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020743800032268 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Matthee Rudi Los Angeles NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Middle East Studies Cambridge University Press 21/2(1989-05), 151-169 0020-7438 21:2<151 1989 21 MES CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge