Islam and the Myth of Confrontation: Religion and Politics in the Middle East - Softcover

Halliday, Fred

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1860648681 ISBN 13: 9781860648687

Publisher: I.B. Tauris, 2002

Synopsis

This volume sets out to reject anti-Islamic views of a future dominated by the conflict between "Islam" and "the West". It has been revised to encompass the events of 11 September 2001, spiralling violence in the Middle East and President George Bush's proposed identification of an "axis of evil". Considering the sources of Islamic militancy and analyzing the confrontational rhetoric of both Islamic and anti-Muslim demagogues, Halliday provides an alternative, critical, but cautious, reassessment. The Middle East, he argues, can be treated neither as a distinct nor as a unified region, but must be seen as a set of disparate societies, facing and reacting to the problems of economic development and political change.

About this title

About the Author:

Fred Halliday is Professor of International Relations at the LSE, author of many books, including Two Hours that Shook the World.

Review:

""...clear, lucid prose that seeks to define clearly for non-specialist readers some of the issues at stake...""--John Curry, Digest of Middle East Studies

About this edition

• Publisher: I.B. Tauris
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1860648681
• ISBN 13: 9781860648687
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272