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American Arabists in the Cold War Middle East, 1946–75
From Orientalism to Professionalism
Teresa Fava Thomas
This book examines US State Department’s Middle East area experts during the Cold War, known as Arabists or Middle East hands, showing how their backgrounds and education differed crucially from that of their predecessors. This study focuses on these individuals’ transformative role in US foreign relations from the Eisenhower through the Ford administrations.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783085088
July 2016
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£115.00 / $115.00This book examines US State Department’s Middle East area experts during the Cold War, known as Arabists or Middle East hands, showing how their backgrounds and education differed crucially from that of their predecessors. This study focuses on these individuals’ transformative role in US foreign relations from the Eisenhower through the Ford administrations.
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Islamic Ethos and the Specter of Modernity
Farzin Vahdat
Drawing on the work of Hegel, this book proposes a framework for understanding modernity in the Muslim world and analyzes the discourse of prominent Muslim thinkers and political leaders with reference to some of the most significant markers of modernity.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783084364
June 2015
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£115.00 / $115.00Drawing on the work of Hegel, this book proposes a framework for understanding modernity in the Muslim world and analyzes the discourse of prominent Muslim thinkers and political leaders with reference to some of the most significant markers of modernity.
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Performing the Iranian State
Visual Culture and Representations of Iranian Identity
Edited by Staci Gem Scheiwiller
This book discusses what it means to “perform the State,” what this action means in relation to the country of Iran and how these various performances are represented.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857282934
February 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00This book discusses what it means to “perform the State,” what this action means in relation to the country of Iran and how these various performances are represented.
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FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Popularity and Neglect
Edited by Adrian Poole, Christine van Ruymbeke, William H. Martin, Sandra Mason
For all its fame in the wider world, Edward FitzGerald’s ‘Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám’ (1859) has been largely ignored by the academic establishment. This volume explores the reasons for both its popularity and neglect.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857287816
July 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00For all its fame in the wider world, Edward FitzGerald’s ‘Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám’ (1859) has been largely ignored by the academic establishment. This volume explores the reasons for both its popularity and neglect.
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Travellers to the Middle East from Burckhardt to Thesiger
An Anthology
Edited by Geoffrey P. Nash
An invaluable compendium of writing on the Middle East including extracts from canonical and less well known travellers’ works.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843317920
July 2009
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£115.00 / $115.00An invaluable compendium of writing on the Middle East including extracts from canonical and less well known travellers’ works.
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Turkey Today
A European Country?
Edited by Olivier Roy
A comprehensive and authoritative review of Turkey's potential successes and failures as part of the European Union.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843311720
June 2005
Active
£115.00 / $115.00A comprehensive and authoritative review of Turkey’s potential successes and failures as part of the European Union.