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Middle East Studies for the New Millennium - Infrastructures of Knowledge (Hardcover)
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Middle East Studies for the New Millennium - Infrastructures of Knowledge (Hardcover)
Series: Social Science Research Council
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Few world regions today are of more pressing social and political
interest than the Middle East: hardly a day has passed in the last
decade without events there making global news. Understanding the
region has never been more important, yet the field of Middle East
studies in the United States is in flux, enmeshed in ongoing
controversies about the relationship between knowledge and power,
the role of the federal government at universities, and ways of
knowing "other" cultures and places. Assembling a wide range of
scholars immersed in the transformations of their disciplines and
the study of this world region, Middle East Studies for the New
Millennium explores the big-picture issues affecting the field,
from the geopolitics of knowledge production to structural changes
in the university to broader political and public contexts. Tracing
the development of the field from the early days of the American
university to the "Islamophobia" of the present day, this book
explores Middle East studies as a discipline and, more generally,
its impact on the social sciences and academia. Topics include how
different disciplines engage with Middle East scholars, how
American universities teach Middle East studies and related fields,
and the relationship between scholarship and U.S.-Arab relations,
among others. Middle East Studies for the New Millennium presents a
comprehensive, authoritative overview of how this crucial field of
academic inquiry came to be and where it is going next.
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