The Arab Mind discusses the upbringing of a typical Arab boy or girl, the intense concern with honor and courage, the Arabs' tendency toward extremes of behavior, and their ambivalent attitudes toward the West. Chapters are devoted to the influence of Islam, sexual mores, Arab language and Arab art, Bedouin values, Arab nationalism, and the pervasive influence of Westernization.

IArabs and the World -- 9 -- 1. Islam, Middle East, Arabs -- 9 -- 2. Who Is an Arab? -- 12 -- II Group Aspects of the Mind -- 16 -- III Arab Child-Rearing Practices -- 26 -- 1. Issue of Severity -- 26 -- 2. Differential Evaluation of Boys and Girls -- 28 -- 3. Lactation -- 31 -- 4. Early Roots of the Male-Female Relationship -- 34 -- 5. Boy Enters the Men's World -- 35 -- 6. Girl Remains in the Women's World -- 37 -- 7. Childhood Rewards and Adult Achievement -- 38 -- IV Under the Spell of Language -- 43 -- 1. Arab and Arabic -- 43 -- 2. Lure of Arabic -- 46 -- 3. Rhetoricism -- 50 -- 4. Exaggeration, Overassertion, Repetition -- 52 -- 5. Words for Actions -- 63 -- 6. Time Sense and Verb Tense -- 69 -- V Bedouin Substratum of the Arab Personality -- 78 -- 1. Bedouin Ideal -- 78 -- 2. Group Cohesion -- 83 -- VI Bedouin Values -- 89 -- 1. Hospitality -- 89 -- 2. Generosity -- 92 -- 3. Courage -- 94 -- 4. Honor -- 95 -- 5. Self-Respect -- 100 -- VII Bedouin Ethos and Modern Arab Society -- 103 -- 1. Koranic and Folk Ethics -- 103 -- 2. Wajh or "Face" -- 108 -- 3. Shame -- 113 -- 4. Fahlawi Personality -- 113 -- 5. Aversion to Physical Labor -- 120 -- VIII Realm of Sex -- 126 -- 1. Sexual Honor -- 127 -- 2. Sexual Repression -- 136 -- 3. Sexual Freedom and Sexual Hospitality -- 140 -- 4. Varieties of Sexual Outlet -- 143 -- 5. Ambivalence and Change -- 147 -- IX Islamic Component of the Arab Personality -- 152 -- 1. Religion East and West -- 152 -- 2. Predestination and Personality -- 156 -- 3. Improvidence -- 160 -- X Extremes and Emotions, Fantasy and Reality -- 165 -- 1. Polarization -- 165 -- 2. Control and Temper -- 169 -- 3. Hostility -- 171 -- 4. Three Functional Planes: Thoughts, Words, Actions -- 172 -- XI Art, Music, and Literature -- 177 -- 1. Decorative Arts -- 177 -- 2. Music -- 180 -- 3. Literature -- 185 -- 4. Toward Western Forms -- 187 -- XII Bilingualism, Marginality, and Ambivalence -- 190 -- 1. Bilingualism and Personality -- 190 -- 2. Marginality -- 199 -- 3. Cultural Dichotomy: Elites and Masses -- 204 -- 4. Ambivalence -- 209 -- 5. Izdiwaj--Split Personality -- 212 -- XIII Unity and Conflict -- 216 -- 1. Idea of Arab Unity -- 216 -- 2. Fighting: Swords and Words -- 221 -- 3. Dual Division -- 228 -- 4. Conflict Proneness -- 232 -- XIV Conflict Resolution and "Conferentiasis" -- 241 -- 1. Conflict Resolution -- 241 -- 2. "Conferentiasis" -- 252 -- XV Question of Arab Stagnation -- 261 -- 1. Message of History -- 261 -- 2. Critical Views -- 263 -- 4. Stagnation and Nationalism -- 269 -- 5. Five Stages -- 271 -- 6. Enemy as Exemplar -- 273 -- XVI Psychology of Westernization -- 284 -- 1. Jinni of the West -- 284 -- 2. Egypt--A Case History -- 286 -- 3. Issue of Technological Domination -- 291 -- 4. Focus, Values, and Change -- 295 -- 5. Five Dominant Concerns -- 299 -- 6. Western Standards and Mass Benefits -- 305 -- 7. Sinister West -- 308 -- 8. Hatred of the West -- 314 -- 9. Arabs and Turks -- 319 -- 10. Facing the Future -- 322 -- Postscript: The Last Ten Years -- 333 -- 1. Reaction to the October War -- 333 -- 2. Oil, Labor, and Planning -- 340 -- 3. Advances in Education -- 345 -- 4. Women's Position -- 347 -- 5. New Conflicts -- 356 -- 6. Quest for Unity -- 359 -- 7. Federation of Arab Republics: A Case History -- 365 -- 1. Arab World: Area and Mid-Year Population Estimates -- 379 -- 2. Gross School Enrollment Ratios in Arab Countries for the First and Second Levels of Education -- 380 -- 3. Higher Education in Arab Countries (Third Level) -- 381 -- 4. Population of Arab Countries by Sex -- 382 -- 5. Birth Rates in Arab Countries -- 383 -- 6. Per cent of Illiterate and Unschooled Population in Arab Countries -- 384 -- 7. Female School Enrollment in Arab Countries -- 385 -- 8. Physical Quality of Life Index -- 386 -- Appendix I Judgment of Historians: Spengler and Toynbee -- 387 -- Appendix II Arab World and Spanish America: A Comparison -- 398.