Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia, the Islamic World and the West: An Introduction to Political Cultures and International Relations (Technology and Change in History) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004116516 ISBN 13: 9789004116511

Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers, 2000

Synopsis

The anthology is an introduction to political cultures in the Islamic world and into relations between the West and Islam. It outlines similarities and differences in the understanding, perception and communication of basic politico-ideological issues like modernity democracy, human rights, violence, the emancipation of women, and economic development and social justice. It details its analyses in country studies on relations between the USA and Europe on the one side and Algeria, Iran, Egypt, Morocco, Turkey, Bosnia, Israel/Palestine, Iraq, Central Asia and Pakistan on the other side. The book, which was first published in Germany, was deemed to be "a convincing reply to Huntington" (Suddeutsche Zeitung). Mostly German scholars and scholars working in Germany present original insights into a complex matter that although at the heart of international and intercultural relations is often treated in simplistic ways.

About this title

About the Author:

Kai Hafez, who studied at Georgetown University, Washington, DC., and received his Ph.D. in History, Political Science and Journalism at the University of Hamburg, is a Research Fellow at the German Institute for Middle East Studies (Deutsches Orient-Institut), Hamburg, and a Lecturer on comparative politics at the Institute for Political Science, University of Hamburg.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 9004116516
• ISBN 13: 9789004116511
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 246
• Editor: Hafez Kai, Hafez K