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Tormented Births: Passages to Modernity in Europe and the Middle East (Library of Modern Middle East Studies)
Isam Al-Khafaji
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Description for Tormented Births: Passages to Modernity in Europe and the Middle East (Library of Modern Middle East Studies)
Hardcover. An exploration of developments in the Middle East, this title shows the pitfalls of explanations that over-emphasize the colonial experience or make great play of cultural differences. Instead, it shows similarities in the formulation and evolution of social and political structures in the Middle East and Europe by an interdisciplinary approach. Series: Library of Modern Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FB; 3JH; 3JJ; GTF; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 826.
To many, the values, culture and politics of the Middle East stand in direct opposition to those of the West. There is talk of a clash between Islam and modernity. But what is the Middle East today? What defines it? Where is it going? 'Tormented Births' seeks to provide an answer. Based on a wealth of empirical data, Isam Al-Khafaji presents a radically new explanation of the processes of social, political and economic development in the Middle East over the past two centuries. He proposes that the Middle East's path to modernity must be understood in comparison with the European ... Read more
To many, the values, culture and politics of the Middle East stand in direct opposition to those of the West. There is talk of a clash between Islam and modernity. But what is the Middle East today? What defines it? Where is it going? 'Tormented Births' seeks to provide an answer. Based on a wealth of empirical data, Isam Al-Khafaji presents a radically new explanation of the processes of social, political and economic development in the Middle East over the past two centuries. He proposes that the Middle East's path to modernity must be understood in comparison with the European ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Series
Library of Modern Middle East Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860649769
SKU
V9781860649769
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About Isam Al-Khafaji
Isam al Khafaji currently teaches at the University of Amsterdam. After twenty five years in exile, he has just returned to his country Iraq. He has taught around the world, including at New York University, and worked for the United Nations Development Program and the World Bank.
Reviews for Tormented Births: Passages to Modernity in Europe and the Middle East (Library of Modern Middle East Studies)
"marvellous tome of original, trenchant scholarship" "contests much of the past and current writing on the peculiarities of the middle east" "refreshing interdisciplinary approach, absorbing and well-argued" "delivered with panache" "evocatiove and essential reading for anyone involved in the current debate over democratisation in the Middle East" - Middle East in London Magazine "Superb, tantalising, ... Read more