Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 LANGUAGE CONSTRUCTION AND LANGUAGE SYMBOLISM -- CHAPTER 2 (IN)IMITABILITY, (UN)TRANSLATABILITY AND INTER-GROUP STRIFE -- CHAPTER 3 FRAMING ARABIC: PARATEXTS, POETRY AND LANGUAGE IDEOLOGY -- CHAPTER 4 HYBRIDITY, LANGUAGE IDEOLOGY AND CULTURAL POLITICS -- CHAPTER 5 THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: ARABIC, THOUGHT AND REALITY -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index