More Shopping OptionsThe collapse of communism and the rise of militant Islamic movements in the Middle East, raised the specter of a future dominated by the conflict between "Islam" and "the West". September 11 has only branded that notion onto the world’s consciousness. In this up-to-date edition of Halliday's classic text, he sets out to reject these interpretations. Considering the sources of Islamic militancy and analyzing the confrontational rhetoric of both Islamic and anti-Muslim demagogues, he provides an alternative, critical but cautious, reassessment.
Fred Halliday is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics.
"...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
The September 11 Effect * Interpreting the Middle East * The Middle East and International Politics * The Iranian Revolution in Comparative Perspective * The Gulf War, 1990-91* Part Two Myths of Confrontation * Islam and the West: ‘Threat of Islam’ or ‘Threat to Islam’? * Human Rights and the Islamic Middle East: Universalism and Relativism * Anti-Muslimism and Contemporary Politics: One Ideology or Many? * Conclusion: ‘Orientalism’ and its Critics
