Mendiante et orgueilleuse ?  L’université d’al-Azhar et l’enseignement supérieur égyptien (1860-1930)

For a large part of the xixth century, the mosque and university of al-Azhar, the torchbearer of Sunni religious science in Egypt, kept a prevalent role in the instruction of the Egyptian elite. With the creation of the Superior Schools inspired by European models, and with their gradual expansion,...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:e58191693acf438893ffd169774a68e72021-12-02T10:06:42ZMendiante et orgueilleuse ?  L’université d’al-Azhar et l’enseignement supérieur égyptien (1860-1930)0997-13272105-227110.4000/remmm.7639https://doaj.org/article/e58191693acf438893ffd169774a68e72012-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/remmm/7639https://doaj.org/toc/0997-1327https://doaj.org/toc/2105-2271For a large part of the xixth century, the mosque and university of al-Azhar, the torchbearer of Sunni religious science in Egypt, kept a prevalent role in the instruction of the Egyptian elite. With the creation of the Superior Schools inspired by European models, and with their gradual expansion, al-Azhar started to be threatened as a major actor in the embryonic Egyptian Academia around 1900. Since al-Azhar was unable to fulfil the aspiration of an increasing part of the society for “modern” disciplines and methods, its graduates were confronted to a rising competition with those of institutions such as Dâr al-‘Ulûm or the School of the Cadis, for obtaining jobs of teachers or magistrates. The Great Mosque tried to respond to the threat by launching a radical reform of the studies that was hardly implemented in reality, and did not prevent al-Azhar to be slowly marginalized within Egypt’s higher education system at the dawn of the 1930s.Thomas RaineauUniversité de Provencearticleacademic reformEgyptjob opportunitiesmadrasaMuslim religious scienceSuperior SchoolsHistory of AfricaDT1-3415Social sciences (General)H1-99ENFRRevue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée, Vol 131, Pp 111-126 (2012)
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topic academic reform
Egypt
job opportunities
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Muslim religious science
Superior Schools
History of Africa
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Social sciences (General)
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Egypt
job opportunities
madrasa
Muslim religious science
Superior Schools
History of Africa
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Social sciences (General)
H1-99
Thomas Raineau
Mendiante et orgueilleuse ?  L’université d’al-Azhar et l’enseignement supérieur égyptien (1860-1930)
description For a large part of the xixth century, the mosque and university of al-Azhar, the torchbearer of Sunni religious science in Egypt, kept a prevalent role in the instruction of the Egyptian elite. With the creation of the Superior Schools inspired by European models, and with their gradual expansion, al-Azhar started to be threatened as a major actor in the embryonic Egyptian Academia around 1900. Since al-Azhar was unable to fulfil the aspiration of an increasing part of the society for “modern” disciplines and methods, its graduates were confronted to a rising competition with those of institutions such as Dâr al-‘Ulûm or the School of the Cadis, for obtaining jobs of teachers or magistrates. The Great Mosque tried to respond to the threat by launching a radical reform of the studies that was hardly implemented in reality, and did not prevent al-Azhar to be slowly marginalized within Egypt’s higher education system at the dawn of the 1930s.
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title Mendiante et orgueilleuse ?  L’université d’al-Azhar et l’enseignement supérieur égyptien (1860-1930)
title_short Mendiante et orgueilleuse ?  L’université d’al-Azhar et l’enseignement supérieur égyptien (1860-1930)
title_full Mendiante et orgueilleuse ?  L’université d’al-Azhar et l’enseignement supérieur égyptien (1860-1930)
title_fullStr Mendiante et orgueilleuse ?  L’université d’al-Azhar et l’enseignement supérieur égyptien (1860-1930)
title_full_unstemmed Mendiante et orgueilleuse ?  L’université d’al-Azhar et l’enseignement supérieur égyptien (1860-1930)
title_sort mendiante et orgueilleuse ?  l’université d’al-azhar et l’enseignement supérieur égyptien (1860-1930)
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