Rethinking the Middle East
by
Efraim Karsh
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Israeli History, Politics and Society
ISBN-10
0714654183
ISBN-13
9780714654188
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 30th, 2003
Print length
208 Pages
Weight
490 grams
Product Classification:
Middle Eastern history20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
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Karsh contends that the influence of the Great Powers has not been the primary force behind the Middle East's political development, nor the main cause of its famous volatility.
Rethinking the Middle East runs counter to the received wisdom in modern Middle East studies. This discipline has been dominated by what may be termed a "culture of victimization"; it views the local populations of the Middle East Arabs in particular as the hapless victims of alien encroachment, and blames the region''s endemic malaise on Western political and cultural imperialism. The author contends that the influence of the Great Powers has not been the primary force behind the region''s political development, nor the main cause of its famous volatility. He argues that the main impetus has been provided by regional factors; and that even at their weakest point in modern history - during the final stages of the Ottoman Empire - the peoples in the Middle East have played an active role in the restructuring of their region.
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