아랍페미니즘의 선구자 까심 아민(Qāsim 'Amīn, 1863-1908)의 사상 연구

A Study on Thoughts of Qāsim' Amīn, Pioneer of Arab Feminism

Qāsim 'Amīn is considered as a typical Egyptian intellectual who had been influenced by western thoughts during the turning period of Egyptian history. He has put a momentum of the real feminism movement in Arab world by devoting his life and works to women's issues and emancipation. Qāsim 'Amīn has been admired as 'Ruther of the east', or 'Pioneer of women's emancipation' and at the same time has been the target of criticism by conservative Muslim critics. Especially his two representative works "Women's Emancipation"(1899) and "New Women"(1900) have provoked tremendous disputes in the realm of thought in Arab world. In addition to these two works, this study will include his early work in French "The Egyptians" to follow the trace of his changing thoughts. It will give an opportunity through tracing his changing thoughts in his three works to know trends of political, religious, and social thoughts of the time in general, and different attitudes toward women's issues in particular. It will focus first on advocates of women's emancipation before Qa­sim 'Amīn, his life, and his intellectual backgrounds, secondly, his political and religious thoughts, and finally his thoughts on women's issues.