ISBN:
9780520968127
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (421 pages)
Series Statement:
Global Square Ser. v.3
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Global Middle East
DDC:
303.48256
Keywords:
Regionalism
;
Regionalism-Middle East
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Naher Osten
;
Internationale Politik
;
Globalisierung
Abstract:
Localities, countries, and regions develop through complex interactions with others. This striking volume highlights global interconnectedness seen through the prism of the Middle East, both "global-in" and "global-out." It delves into the region's scientific, artistic, economic, political, religious, and intellectual formations and traces how they have taken shape through a dynamic set of encounters and exchanges. Written in short and accessible essays by prominent experts on the region, Global Middle East covers topics including God, Rumi, food, film, fashion, music, sports, science, and the flow of people, goods, and ideas. The text explores social and political movements from human rights, Salafism, and cosmopolitanism to radicalism and revolutions. Using the insights of global studies, students will glean new perspectives about the region.
Abstract:
Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Part One: Introduction -- 1 Global Middle East -- Part Two: Nations without Borders -- 2 God -- 3 Algebra, Alchemy, Astronomy -- 4 Rumi, the Bridge Builder -- 5 On Nations without Borders -- Part Three: Home and the World -- 6 Reflections on Exile -- 7 Mo Salah, a Moral Somebody? -- 8 Gamal Abdel Nasser -- Part Four: Food, Film, Fashion, Music -- 9 Circuits of Food and Cuisine -- 10 Pictures in Motion -- 11 Musical Journeys -- 12 The Kufiya -- Part Five: Geo Politics of Goods -- 13 Water of Vulnerability -- 14 Cycle of Oil and Arms -- 15 Cotton, Made in Egypt -- 16 Ports of the Persian Gulf -- Part Six: Human Flows -- 17 Touring Exotic Lands -- 18 Outsiders of the Oil States -- 19 The Levant in Latin America -- Part Seven: Politics and Movements -- 20 Global Tahrir -- 21 Islamizing Radicalism -- 22 Global Movement for Palestine -- 23 Human Rights, Indigenous and Imperial -- 24 Cosmopolitan Middle East? An Interview with Seyla Benhabib -- Contributors -- Index.
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