Periodic Reporting for period 1 - ConcTrad (A Conceptual History of 'Tradition' in the Modern Arab World: Egypt and Greater Syria in the 19th and 20th Centuries)

Tradition is a key analytical concept in the study of Islam, Muslims, and the Middle East in western academia. In late 19th and early 20th-century European discourses, the concept elicited negative connotations, such as stagnation, backwardness, and irrationality. In recent...