Imperialist Question in Middle East and North Africa

This book reveals how today's devastating conflicts across Gaza, Syria, and the broader Middle East represent imperialism in its most destructive form.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Imperialism in the 21st Century 2. The 'War on Terror' as Primitive Accumulation in Tunisia: US-Led Imperialism and the Post-2010-2011 Revolt/Security Conjuncture 3. Imperialism and Neoliberal Redeployment in Post-uprising Tunisia 4. Imperialist terrorism in Northern Africa 5. Gunning for Damascus: The US War on the Syrian Arab Republic 6. The Iranian-American Intelligentsia in U.S. Foreign Affairs: Ahistoricism, Anti-Structuralism, and the Production of Idealism 7. Logics of Elimination and Settler Colonialism: Decolonization or National Liberation? 8. The urgency of anti-imperialist feminism: Lessons from Palestine 9. China against US Imperialism in the Arabian Sea: The Case of Oman

About the author

Matteo Capasso is Professor at the School of Country and Region Studies, Institute of Middle East Studies, Northwest University, Xi'an in the People's Republic of China. He is the Editor in Chief of Middle East Critique, and the author of the book, Everyday Politics in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
Ali Kadri is Visiting Professor at Sun Yat-sen University, People's Republic of China. His recent books include The Cordon Sanitaire: A Single Law Governing Development in East Asia and the Arab World, Imperialism with Reference to Syria, China's Path to Development: Against Neoliberalism and The Unmaking of Arab Socialism.

Product details

• Authors: Matteo Kadri Capasso
• Assisted by: Matteo Capasso (Editor), Kadri Ali (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.10.2025
• EAN: 9781041013822
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4101382-2
• No. of pages: 204
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism, Middle East, Colonialism & imperialism, Warfare & defence, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Terrorism, armed struggle, Regional Studies, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies, Warfare and defence, North Africa, North America (USA and Canada), Marxism & Communism