Paradise Lost

Reflections on the Struggle for Authenticity in the Middle East
Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-90-04-10672-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 56, 418 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 880 g

Reihe: Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia

Is the Middle East "the mother of all conflicts"?
This volume, consisting of essays published over a space of twenty-five years but extensively rewritten and updated, probes into the forever problematic relationship between the Middle East and Western Europe, between a revitalizing Islamic and a post-Christian civilization.
It treats, firstly, the dynamics of the Middle Eastern civilization, building up a kaleidoscopic picture of the Middle Eastern perception of change and development; modern science in a non-Western context; the ambiguity of westernization in Middle Eastern revitalization; politico-religious resurgence; the matter of means and ends. The second part concentrates on the intercultural relations between the Middle East and Europe, while the third part considers implications for oriental and development studies: the new demands arising and the perceptual and methodological retooling needed to meet them.
In singling out the intercultural nature of events and clashes, this important volume advances an innovative, interactive style of scholarship.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nieuwenhuijze, van

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen

Über Autor(innen)

C.A.O. van Nieuwenhuijze, Ph.D. (1945), University of Leiden, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands, has published extensively on Indonesian Islam, the sociocultural dimension of Third World development, the sociology of the Middle East and intercultural problems.