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Middle Eastern Themes - Papers in History and Politics (Hardcover)
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Middle Eastern Themes - Papers in History and Politics (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Politics of the Middle East
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This volume, first published in 1973, brings together a wide range
of Professor Landau's work on recent Middle Eastern history and
politics, reflecting the breadth of the author's concern and
research. The first section deals with aspects of political
organisation in the Middle East, largely Egypt, towards the end of
the nineteenth century. A little-known plan of the Islamic reformer
al-Afghani is discussed, showing him in a rather more political
light than the religious haze which normally surrounds this
pan-Islamic campaigner. The role of the influential secret
societies in modern Egypt is outlined, and the politics behind the
fluctuations in the degree of responsibility allowed to Egyptian
ministers is examined. This section is concluded by a chapter on
two proposals for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in the
Sudan in the early days of Zionism, throwing interesting light on
the differing aims of early Zionists and alternative historical
paths that might have been taken. The second section of the book
contains studies on the Jewish situation in nineteenth-century
Egypt, focusing on their position within the larger Muslim society
and on socio-economic factors, as well as on the career of James
Sanua ('Abu Naddara'), an Egyptian Jew who played a prominent part
in nationalist agitation. The two final parts of the book turn to
recent and contemporary electoral politics in the Middle East, with
special attention being paid to the political leadership and voting
behaviour of the Arabs in Israel. Other studies deal with elections
in Lebanon and Turkey, and the final chapter analyses the militant
right-wing elements in the Turkish political spectrum.
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