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Archive Wars - The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia (Paperback): Rosie Bsheer Archive Wars - The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia (Paperback)
Rosie Bsheer
R819 Discovery Miles 8 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The production of history is premised on the selective erasure of certain pasts and the artifacts that stand witness to them. From the elision of archival documents to the demolition of sacred and secular spaces, each act of destruction is also an act of state building. Following the 1991 Gulf War, political elites in Saudi Arabia pursued these dual projects of historical commemoration and state formation with greater fervor to enforce their postwar vision for state, nation, and economy. Seeing Islamist movements as the leading threat to state power, they sought to de-center religion from educational, cultural, and spatial policies. With this book, Rosie Bsheer explores the increasing secularization of the postwar Saudi state and how it manifested in assembling a national archive and reordering urban space in Riyadh and Mecca. The elites' project was rife with ironies: in Riyadh, they employed world-renowned experts to fashion an imagined history, while at the same time in Mecca they were overseeing the obliteration of a thousand-year-old topography and its replacement with commercial megaprojects. Archive Wars shows how the Saudi state's response to the challenges of the Gulf War served to historicize a national space, territorialize a national history, and ultimately refract both through new modes of capital accumulation.

The Dawn of the Arab Uprisings - End of an Old Order? (Paperback): Bassam Haddad, Rosie Bsheer, Ziad Abu-Rish The Dawn of the Arab Uprisings - End of an Old Order? (Paperback)
Bassam Haddad, Rosie Bsheer, Ziad Abu-Rish; Foreword by Roger Owen
R825 R727 Discovery Miles 7 270 Save R98 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is a one-stop introduction to the multifaceted phenomenon of the 'Arab Spring', from the writers of Jadaliyya. Covering the full range of issues involved in these historic events, from political economy and the role of social media, to international politics, gender, labour and the impact on culture, these firsthand accounts explore the inspirational uprisings in a way unavailable through mainstream Western and Arab media. Covering all the major centres of disruption, including Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Libya and Bahrain, the writers also look further afield, to Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Palestine, and Iraq. The Dawn of the Arab Uprisings is the best place to start for anyone wanting to understand and interpret these dramatic events.

Archive Wars - The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia (Hardcover): Rosie Bsheer Archive Wars - The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia (Hardcover)
Rosie Bsheer
R2,830 Discovery Miles 28 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The production of history is premised on the selective erasure of certain pasts and the artifacts that stand witness to them. From the elision of archival documents to the demolition of sacred and secular spaces, each act of destruction is also an act of state building. Following the 1991 Gulf War, political elites in Saudi Arabia pursued these dual projects of historical commemoration and state formation with greater fervor to enforce their postwar vision for state, nation, and economy. Seeing Islamist movements as the leading threat to state power, they sought to de-center religion from educational, cultural, and spatial policies. With this book, Rosie Bsheer explores the increasing secularization of the postwar Saudi state and how it manifested in assembling a national archive and reordering urban space in Riyadh and Mecca. The elites' project was rife with ironies: in Riyadh, they employed world-renowned experts to fashion an imagined history, while at the same time in Mecca they were overseeing the obliteration of a thousand-year-old topography and its replacement with commercial megaprojects. Archive Wars shows how the Saudi state's response to the challenges of the Gulf War served to historicize a national space, territorialize a national history, and ultimately refract both through new modes of capital accumulation.

The Dawn of the Arab Uprisings - End of an Old Order? (Hardcover, New): Bassam Haddad, Rosie Bsheer, Ziad Abu-Rish The Dawn of the Arab Uprisings - End of an Old Order? (Hardcover, New)
Bassam Haddad, Rosie Bsheer, Ziad Abu-Rish; Foreword by Roger Owen
R2,241 R2,099 Discovery Miles 20 990 Save R142 (6%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is a one-stop introduction to the multifaceted phenomenon of the 'Arab Spring', from the writers of Jadaliyya. Covering the full range of issues involved in these historic events, from political economy and the role of social media, to international politics, gender, labour and the impact on culture, these firsthand accounts explore the inspirational uprisings in a way unavailable through mainstream Western and Arab media. Covering all the major centres of disruption, including Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Libya and Bahrain, the writers also look further afield, to Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Palestine, and Iraq. The Dawn of the Arab Uprisings is the best place to start for anyone wanting to understand and interpret these dramatic events.

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