Contending Visions of the Middle East - The History and Politics of Orientalism

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext This second edition considers how the 'global war on terror' has changed the way the West views the Islamic world. Zusammenfassung 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'. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Zachary Lockman, Zachary (New York University) Lockman
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.11.2009
• EAN: 9780521133074
• ISBN: 978-0-521-13307-4
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: The Contemporary Middle East; The Contemporary Middle East
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science