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Between memory and desire : the Middle East in a troubled age / R. Stephen Humphreys.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005.Edition: Updated with a new prefaceDescription: xxxiv, 297 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0520246918 (paperback : alk. paper)
  • 9780520246911 (paperback : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 956.04 22
LOC classification:
  • DS63.1 .H856 2005
Other classification:
  • 89.40
Online resources:
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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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Books CISA Library General Stacks DS<br>History of Asia DS 63.1 HUM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Donated by Fr. Daniel Madigan SJ, 110055
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-292) and index.

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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