Between memory and desire : the Middle East in a troubled age
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Between memory and desire : the Middle East in a troubled age
University of California Press, c2005
Updated ed., with a new preface
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityグローバル専攻
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-292) and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
Preface to the 2005 Edition Preface to the First Edition Acknowledgments 1. Hard Realities: Population Growth and Economic Stagnation 2. From Imperialism to the New World Order: The Middle East in Search of a Future 3. The Strange Career of Pan-Arabism 4. The Shaping of Foreign Policy: The Myth of the Middle East Madman 5. Military Dictatorship and Political Tradition in the Middle East 6. Profane and Sacred Politics: The Ends of Power in the Middle East 7. Islam as a Political System 8. Jihad and the Politics of Salvation 9. Women in Public Life: Islamic Perspectives, Middle Eastern Realities 10. Islam and Human Rights Toward a Conclusion--Between Memory and Desire Notes A Bibliographic Note Index
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