Format:
Online-Ressource (xxii, 297 p)
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Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0585385467
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9780585385464
Content:
Middle Easterners today struggle to find solutions to crises of economic stagnation, political gridlock, and cultural identity. In recent decades Islam has become central to this struggle, and almost every issue involves fierce, sometimes violent debates over the role of religion in public life. In this post-9/11 updated edition R. Stephen Humphreys presents a thoughtful analysis of Islam's place in today's Middle East and integrates the medieval and modern history of the region to show how the sacred and secular are tightly interwoven in its political and intellectual life.
Content:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- HARD REALITIES -- FROM IMPERIALISM TO THE NEW WORLD ORDER -- THE STRANGE CAREER OF PAN- ARABISM -- THE SHAPING OF FOREIGN POLICY -- MILITARY DICTATORSHIP AND POLITICAL TRADITION IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- PROFANE AND SACRED POLITICS -- ISLAM AS A POLITICAL SYSTEM -- JIHAD AND THE POLITICS OF SALVATION -- WOMEN IN PUBLIC LIFE -- ISLAM AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- TOWARD A CONCLUSIONÛ BETWEEN MEMORY AND DESIRE -- NOTES -- A BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE -- INDEX.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-292) and index
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Hard realities: population growth and economic stagnationFrom imperialism to the new world order: the Middle East in search of a future -- The strange career of Pan-Arabism -- The shaping of foreign policy: the myth of the Middle East madman -- Military dictatorship and political tradition in the Middle East -- Profane and sacred politics: the ends of power in the Middle East -- Islam as a political system -- Jihad and the politics of salvation -- Women in public life: Islamic perspectives, Middle Eastern realities -- Islam and human rights
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0520214110
Additional Edition:
Print version Between memory and desire
Language:
English
