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Between memory and desire : the Middle East in a troubled age / R. Stephen Humphreys.
Publication details: Cairo, Egypt : University of Cairo Press, 2000.Description: xxii, 297 p. : map ; 24 cmISBN:- 9774245938 (pbk.) :
- DS63.1 .H856 1999
- DS63.1 .H856 2000
Contents:
1. Hard Realities: Population Growth and Economic Stagnation -- 2. From Imperialism to the New World Order: The Middle East in Search of a Future -- 3. The Strange Career of Pan-Arabism -- 4. The Shaping of Foreign Policy: The Myth of the Middle East Madman -- 5. Military Dictatorship and Political Tradition in the Middle East -- 6. Profane and Sacred Politics: The Ends of Power in the Middle East -- 7. Islam as a Political System -- 8. Jihad and the Politics of Salvation -- 9. Women in Public Life: Islamic Perspectives, Middle Eastern Realities -- 10. Islam and Human Rights -- Toward a Conclusion - Between Memory and Desire.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | DS 63.1 .H856 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 49997 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-292) and index.
Originally published: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 1999.
1. Hard Realities: Population Growth and Economic Stagnation -- 2. From Imperialism to the New World Order: The Middle East in Search of a Future -- 3. The Strange Career of Pan-Arabism -- 4. The Shaping of Foreign Policy: The Myth of the Middle East Madman -- 5. Military Dictatorship and Political Tradition in the Middle East -- 6. Profane and Sacred Politics: The Ends of Power in the Middle East -- 7. Islam as a Political System -- 8. Jihad and the Politics of Salvation -- 9. Women in Public Life: Islamic Perspectives, Middle Eastern Realities -- 10. Islam and Human Rights -- Toward a Conclusion - Between Memory and Desire.
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