Read more
Informationen zum Autor Efraim Karsh is professor and head of the Mediterranean Studies Programme, King's College, University of London. Klappentext From the author of "Empires of the Sand: The Struggle for Mastery in the Middle East" comes a fundamental challenge to the way Americans understand the history of the Middle East and the role of Islam in the region. "'I like Karsh's robust refusal to accept Muslim history as a sob story against us in the West. His narrative helps explain the rage and the sheer hopelessness of so much Muslim engagement with modern politics.' (Charles Moore, The Telegraph) 'Anyone interested in the debate about the place of Islam in the modern world should read this book... Karsh offers a new approach. He rejects the condescending approach of the apologists and the hateful passion of the Islamophobes... What does Islam want? Karsh poses the question and answers it unambiguously.' (Amir Taheri, The Sunday Telegraph) 'Karsh has produced an impeccable history of how the Muslim mainstream has behaved towards its neighbours... The chapters on the Ottomans and Iran are masterpieces of concise historical writing... I could not recommend this magnificent effort of reportage and analysis more highly.' (Hazhir Teimourian, Literary Review)" Zusammenfassung Rejecting the conventional Western interpretation of Middle Eastern history as an offshoot of global power politics! the author contends that the region's experience is the culmination of long-existing indigenous trends! passions and patterns of behaviour! and that foremost among these is Islam's millenarian imperial tradition.
