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1 online resource |
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Open textbook library |
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Chapter One: Languages -- Languages -- Linguistic Groups -- Arabic's Influence in the Region -- Islamic Expansion -- Chapter Two: Faith and Religious Identity -- Faith and Religious Identity -- Diverse Religious Identities of the Middle East -- Religious DIversity -- Islam in Middle Eastern Societies -- What is Shar'ia Law -- Religious Pluralism -- Prayer, A Part of Daily Life for Muslims Around the World -- Shi'ism -- The Mystical Tradition of Sufism, or Tasawwuf -- Who are the Salafis/Wahabis? -- Chapter Three: The Middle East and the Impact of Imperialism -- The Middle East and the Impact of Imperialism -- Defining the Term "Middle East" -- National Borders as Foreign Intervention -- The Impact of Imperialism on the Region -- Modernization Versus Westernization -- Gamal Abdul Nasser and Non-Alignment -- Nation States and Stateless Nations -- The U.S. and Post-Bandung Imperial Dominance |
| Summary |
This book is intended for readers who have never studied the Middle East, or experts who may wish to fill gaps in their knowledge of the region from other disciplines. Whether for establishing or deepening one's knowledge of the region, these fundamentals are important to know. The languages, cultural, religious and sectarian communities of the region, and selected turning points and influential people in history are starting points for gaining an understanding of the diverse contexts of the region. It isbased on introductoryand graduatecourseson thecontemporaryMiddle East, which the Center's director, Dr. Alam Payind, has been teaching for the past 30 years. The book's co-author,Melinda McClimans,hastaught these and other courses with him, as well as her own,for the past 15years. The material isintendedengage with diverse - even conflicting - culturaland historicalperspectives,andways of perceivingboth Middle Easternandworld historyfrom perspectives within the region. It is not intended to reinforce a monolithic or matter-of-fact perception of the region.For this and many other reasons, images are an important aspect of the knowledge presented. Each chapter starts with links to its image galleries, along with other visual aids and key elements |
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Humanities -- Textbooks
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History -- Textbooks
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Philosophy -- Textbooks
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Philosophy.
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Humanities.
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History.
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Textbooks.
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Electronic book
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McClimans, Melinda author
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Open Textbook Library, distributor.
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