From the first expansion of Islam to the exploits of Saddam Hussein, Middle Eastern society has been fatefully involved with the West. This revised and updated collection of essays by a leading Western expert on Islam and the Middle East gives essential background to the present Middle Eastern conflicts and their interaction, through mutual misunderstanding, with Western conceptions. From the first expansion of Islam to the exploits of Saddam Hussein, Middle Eastern society has been fatefully involved with the West. This revised and updated collection of essays by a Western expert on Islam and the Middle East gives valuable background information in relation to the present Middle Eastern conflicts and their interaction, through mutual misunderstanding, with Western conceptions.
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From the first expansion of Islam to the exploits of Saddam Hussein, Middle Eastern society has been fatefully involved with the West. This revised/updated collection of essays covers the present Middle Eastern conflicts and their interaction, in mutual misunderstanding, with Western conceptions.
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In Search of Islam's Past; The Study of Islam; The Decolonisation of History; On Writing the Modern History of the Middle East; On Nationalism and Revolution; The Use by Muslim Historians of Non-Muslim Sources; Palestine - On the History and Geography of a Name; The Pro-Islamic Jews; An Ode Against the Jews; The Mongols, The Turks, and the Muslim Polity; The Ottoman Empire and its Aftermath; Corsairs in Iceland; Islam and the Outside World; Islam and Europe; Crows of the Arabs (a group of Black Arabic poets); Heresy in Islam; Islamic concepts of Revolution; Islam and Development; The Idea of Freedom in Modern Islamic Political Thought; Russia and the Middle East; the Achievement of Sadat; The Significance of Khomeini; The Revolt of Islamic Fundamentalism; Behind the Rushdie Affair; The Middle East Crisis in Historical Perspective.
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ISBN
9780812692174
Publisert
1993-04-19
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
Vekt
728 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
500

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