Contending Visions of the Middle East

The History and Politics of Orientalism

Zachary Lockman (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

342 Seiten

2009 | 2nd Revised edition
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-11587-2 (ISBN)

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The second edition of Professor Lockman's book brings his original analysis up to date by considering how the study of the Middle East has evolved in the intervening years, in the context of the US occupation of Iraq and the 'global war on terror'.

Zachary Lockman's informed and thoughtful history of European Orientalism and US Middle East studies, the 'clash of civilizations' debate and America's involvement in the region has become a highly recommended and widely used text since its publication in 2004. The second edition of Professor Lockman's book brings his analysis up to date by considering how the study of the Middle East has evolved in the intervening years, in the context of the US occupation of Iraq and the 'global war on terror'.

Zachary Lockman teaches modern Middle Eastern history at New York University. His previous publications include Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906–1948 (1996). He has served as president of the Middle East Studies Association, speaks and writes widely on current events in the Middle East and US foreign policy, and is a contributing editor of Middle East Report.

Introduction; 1. In the beginning; 2. Islam, the West and the rest; 3. Orientalism and empire; 4. The American century; 5. Turmoil in the field; 6. Said's Orientalism: a book and its aftermath; 7. After Orientalism?; Afterword.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.11.2009
Reihe/Serie	The Contemporary Middle East
Zusatzinfo	6 Maps
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	158 x 235 mm
Gewicht	670 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-521-11587-6 / 0521115876
ISBN-13	978-0-521-11587-2 / 9780521115872
Zustand	Neuware