Winds of Change - The Challenge of Modernity in the Middle East and North Africa

Enriching our understanding of contemporary Middle East and North Africa affairs, Winds of Change is essential reading for achieving peace, reconciliation, socio-cultural progress and prosperity in the region.

List of contents

Foreword

Preface

1. Towards a Discursive Framework of Change - Behrooz Sabet & Cyrus Rohani

2. Culture for Openness and Coexistence: How Can We Create It? - Abdul Hamid Al-Ansari

3. Guiding Principles of Leadership for the Twenty-First Century - Cyrus Rohani

4. Confronting Violence through Policies of Dialogue: Towards Establishing a 'Citizenship that Incorporates Diversity' in the Post- ISIS Era - Saad Salloum

5. Nonviolence and the Challenges in the Middle East - Ramin Jahanbegloo

6. Religion of Peace: Islamic Principles of Good Governance - Christopher Buck

7. Traditionalist and Reformist Discourses Pertaining to Islamic Revival - Armin Eschraghi

8. Defining Islamic Social Principles - Christopher Buck

9. Women's Rights in the Middle East - Nazila Ghanea

10. Reason in Islam: Taking Back Their Own - Ian Kluge

11. 'Be Just': Qur'anic Ethics as Benchmarks for Islamic Law - Christopher Buck

12. Education in the Middle East - Behrooz Sabet

13. Globalisation and the Middle East: Reflections on a Conceptual Reorientation - Shahrzad Sabet

14. Environment and Sustainability in the Middle East - Arthur Lyon Dahl

15. Connecting Electronically to the Public Forum during the Arab Spring - Deborah Clark Vance

Index

Summary

In this timely study, world renowned Middle Eastern and Western scholars and advisers provide expert analyses of the contemporary affairs of the MENA region and offer solutions for achieving peace, security and prosperity. Ideal for students and lecturers of Middle Eastern Studies, political sciences, Islamic studies and globalisation.

Product details

• Authors: Cyrus Sabet Rohani
• Assisted by: Cyrus Rohani (Editor), Behrooz Sabet (Editor)
• Publisher: Saqi Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9780863563881
• ISBN: 978-0-86356-388-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Islam, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, RELIGION / Islam / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, Society & culture: general, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, Middle East, Politics & government, Politics and government, North Africa, Society and culture: general