Extremism, Ancient and Modern: Insurgency, Terror and Empire in the Middle East

ISBN-13: 9780415788403 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018

Sandra Arnold Scham

Opis

Near Eastern Archaeology is generally represented as a succession of empires with little attention paid to the individuals, labelled as terrorists at the time, that brought them down. Their stories, when viewed against the backdrop of current violent extremism in the Middle East, can provide a unique long term perspective. Seemingly long forgotten pasts are brought into the narratives of radical groups today more frequently than supposed and Extremism, Ancient and Modern explores this complex relationship of the past and the present.

O autorze

Sandra Scham is Adjunct Associate Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology at the Catholic University of America and a countering violent extremism specialist who works with USAID and the Department of State. She lived in the Middle East for over seven years teaching and also implementing Israeli–Arab exchange and peace-building projects. She is the Co-Editor of the Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies, served as Editor of Near East Archaeology, published by the American Schools of Oriental Research, and is a contributing editor to Archaeology magazine. She has taught courses on archaeology, politics and the heritage of the Middle East at the University of Maryland and Stanford University.