A History of Social Justice and Political Power in the Middle East - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of Social Justice and Political Power in the Middle East write by Linda T. Darling. This book was released on 2013. A History of Social Justice and Political Power in the Middle East available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book provides a comprehensive survey of the exercise of political power and justice in the Middle East from ancient Mesopotamia through into the 20th century, through a detailed examination of "the Circle of Justice". A "must read" for students, policymakers, and ordinary citizens, this book will be an important contribution to the areas of political history, political theory, Middle East studies and Orientalism.
A History of Social Justice and Political Power in the Middle East
A History of Social Justice and Political Power in the Middle East - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of Social Justice and Political Power in the Middle East write by Linda T. Darling. This book was released on 2013-05-02. A History of Social Justice and Political Power in the Middle East available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From ancient Mesopotamia into the 20th century, "the Circle of Justice" as a concept has pervaded Middle Eastern political thought and underpinned the exercise of power in the Middle East. The Circle of Justice depicts graphically how a government’s justice toward the population generates political power, military strength, prosperity, and good administration. This book traces this set of relationships from its earliest appearance in the political writings of the Sumerians through four millennia of Middle Eastern culture. It explores how people conceptualized and acted upon this powerful insight, how they portrayed it in symbol, painting, and story, and how they transmitted it from one regime to the next. Moving towards the modern day, the author shows how, although the Circle of Justice was largely dropped from political discourse, it did not disappear from people’s political culture and expectations of government. The book demonstrates the Circle’s relevance to the Iranian Revolution and the rise of Islamist movements all over the Middle East, and suggests how the concept remains relevant in an age of capitalism. A "must read" for students, policymakers, and ordinary citizens, this book will be an important contribution to the areas of political history, political theory, Middle East studies and Orientalism.
Justice Interrupted
Justice Interrupted - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Justice Interrupted write by Elizabeth F. Thompson. This book was released on 2013-04-15. Justice Interrupted available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Arab Spring uprisings of 2011 were often portrayed in the media as a dawn of democracy in the region. But the revolutionaries were—and saw themselves as—heirs to a centuries-long struggle for just government and the rule of law, a struggle obstructed by local elites as well as the interventions of foreign powers. Elizabeth F. Thompson uncovers the deep roots of liberal constitutionalism in the Middle East through the remarkable stories of those who fought against poverty, tyranny, and foreign rule. Fascinating, sometimes quixotic personalities come to light: Tanyus Shahin, the Lebanese blacksmith who founded a peasant republic in 1858; Halide Edib, the feminist novelist who played a prominent role in the 1908 Ottoman constitutional revolution; Ali Shariati, the history professor who helped ignite the 1979 Iranian Revolution; Wael Ghonim, the Google executive who rallied Egyptians to Tahrir Square in 2011, and many more. Their memoirs, speeches, and letters chart the complex lineage of political idealism, reform, and violence that informs today’s Middle East. Often depicted as inherently anti-democratic, Islam was integral to egalitarian movements that sought to correct imbalances of power and wealth wrought by the modern global economy—and by global war. Motivated by a memory of betrayal at the hands of the Great Powers after World War I and in the Cold War, today’s progressives assert a local tradition of liberal constitutionalism that has often been stifled but never extinguished.
Environmental Politics in the Middle East
Environmental Politics in the Middle East - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Environmental Politics in the Middle East write by Harry Verhoeven. This book was released on 2018. Environmental Politics in the Middle East available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Offers a critical and realistic reassessment of the threats posed to the environment in the Middle East, and what can be done about them.
Perilous Power:The Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy
Perilous Power:The Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Perilous Power:The Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy write by Gilbert Achcar. This book was released on 2007-03-29. Perilous Power:The Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The volatile Middle East is a region of vast resources, frequent crises and long-standing conflicts, as well as a major source of international tensions and a key site of direct US intervention. Noam Chomsky, the preeminent critic on US foreign policy, and Gilbert Achcar, a leading Middle East specialist, bring a keen understanding of the Middle East and the role of the US, covering such key topics as terrorism, fundamentalism, oil and democracy, as well as the war in Afghanistan, the invasion and occupation of Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the origins of US foreign policy.
