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Title: Contending Visions of the Middle East
Subtitle: The History and Politics of Orientalism
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Contending Visions of the Middle East
Author: Zachary Lockman
First name: Zachary
Last name: Lockman
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Owner:Cambridge University Press
Edition: 1
E-ISBN: 9780511207884
Print ISBN: 9780521620802
The book offers a survey of Western knowledge about Islam and the Middle East, from conceptions of East and West in antiquity, through the emergence of Islam, to the present. It relates many of today’s critical issues, including terrorism and Muslim extremism, to their broader historical and political contexts.
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