0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations

Buy Now

Arab Awakening and Islamic Revival - The Politics of Ideas in the Middle East (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,156
Discovery Miles 41 560
Arab Awakening and Islamic Revival - The Politics of Ideas in the Middle East (Hardcover): Thomas Molnar

Arab Awakening and Islamic Revival - The Politics of Ideas in the Middle East (Hardcover)

Thomas Molnar

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R4,156 Discovery Miles 41 560 | Repayment Terms: R389 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

Over the past decade, the political ground beneath the Middle East has shifted. Arab nationalism the political orthodoxy for most of this century has lost its grip on the imagination and allegiance of a new generation. At the same time, Islam as an ideology has spread across the region, and "Islamists" bid to capture the center of politics. Most Western scholars and experts once hailed the redemptive power of Arabism. Arab Awakening and Islamic Revival is a critical assessment of the contradictions of Arab nationalism and Islamic fundamentalism, and the misrepresentation of both in the West. The first part of the book argues that Arab nationalism--the so-called Arab awakening--bore within it the seeds of its own failure. Arabism as an idea drew upon foreign sources and resources. Even as it claimed to liberate the Arabs from imperialism it deepened intellectual dependence upon the West's own romanticism and radicalism. Ultimately, Arab nationalism became a force of oppression rather than liberation, and a mirror image of the imperialism it defied. Kramer's essays together form the only chronological telling and the at fully documented postmortem of Arabism. The second part of the book examines the similar failings of Islamism, whose ideas are Islamic reworkings of Western ideological radicalism. Its effect has been to give new life to old rationales for oppression, authoritarianism, and sectarian division. Arab Awakening and Islamic Revival provides an alternative view of a century of Middle Eastern history. As the region moves fitfully past ideology, Kramer's perspective is more compelling than at any time in the past-in Western academe no less than among many in the Middle. This book will be of interest to sociologists, political scientists, economists, and Middle East specialists.

General

Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: October 2017
First published: 1996
Authors: Thomas Molnar
Dimensions: 229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-51888-9
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General
LSN: 1-138-51888-3
Barcode: 9781138518889

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

The Asian Aspiration - Why And How…
Greg Mills, Olusegun Obasanjo, … Paperback R350 R273 Discovery Miles 2 730
Operation Mandela
Willem Laubscher Paperback R250 R215 Discovery Miles 2 150
Extremisms In Africa
Alain Tschudin, Stephen Buchanan-Clarke, … Paperback  (1)
R320 R250 Discovery Miles 2 500
Iron In The Soul - The Leaders Of The…
F. A. Mouton Paperback  (1)
R99 Discovery Miles 990
Churchill & Smuts - The Friendship
Richard Steyn Paperback  (6)
R310 R248 Discovery Miles 2 480
Spy - Uncovering Craig Williamson
Jonathan Ancer Paperback  (6)
R280 R219 Discovery Miles 2 190
International Brigade Against Apartheid…
Ronnie Kasrils, Muff Andersson, … Paperback R320 R250 Discovery Miles 2 500
A Promised Land
Barack Obama Hardcover  (6)
R599 R479 Discovery Miles 4 790
Russia In Africa - Resurgent Great Power…
Samuel Ramani Paperback R380 R297 Discovery Miles 2 970
Revolt - The Worldwide Uprising Against…
Nadav Eyal Paperback  (1)
R360 R281 Discovery Miles 2 810
The Globalization Myth - Why Regions…
Shannon K O'Neil Paperback R480 R384 Discovery Miles 3 840
The BRICS In Africa - Promoting…
Funeka Y. April, Modimowabarwa Kanyane, … Paperback R295 R231 Discovery Miles 2 310

See more

Partners