Between memory and desire: the Middle East in a troubled age / R. Stephen Humphreys
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TextPublication details: Berkeley: University of California Press, c2005Edition: Updated with a new prefaceDescription: xxxiv, 297 p.; 23 cmISBN: 0520246918 (alk. paper); 9780520246911 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Islam and politics -- Middle East | Middle East -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 956.04 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 956.04 HUM/B (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P18200 |
Includes bibliography 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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