10.17192/meta.2013.1.1038 Kassab, Elizabeth Suzanne Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab The Arab Quest for Freedom and Dignity: Have Arab Thinkers Been Part of It? Middle East - Topics + Arguments : Vol 1 (2013) Philipps-Universität Marburg 2013 Intellectual Critique Arab Revolts Political Protestation Role of Intellectuals Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS) 2018-01-31 2013-05-01 en JournalArticle https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2013/36/1038 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0003-2013-36-10384 https://doi.org/10.17192/meta.2013.1.36 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2013/36/1038/1038.png 2196-629X application/pdf The recent Arab uprisings have been an unprecedented time of dramatic social and political movement. It has also been an intense time of debate between participants and witnesses of these historic events. Among the many questions raised in the debates is that of the role of the intellectuals, or the lack thereof, in predicting, contributing to, and participating in these momentous changes. Have Arab thinkers, and particularly the critical thinkers among them, been in tune with these movements? Or have they been totally disconnected from what has been brewing in their own societies for many years, if not decades? What connections, if any, could be noted between contemporary Arab intellectual critique and contemporary Arab protestation? 2196-629X Middle East - Topics + Arguments Vol 1 (2013)