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The world of Islamic fundamentalism has become, more or less, a daily preoccupation, not only of journalists and scholars, but, more importantly, of almost all governments and security services across the globe. This book presents a striking analysis of how and why Islamism and Jihadism have become such potent contemporary political forces, shedding new light on a much-misunderstood situation. This revised edition offers an analytical survey of the modern and contemporary Islamist movements by linking their emergence and potency to the historical background of Muslim societies and their...

• A fresh account of the multifaceted and multi-layered history of the Middle East
• Comprises 26 newly-commissioned essays by leading international scholars
• Primarily focused on the modern and contemporary periods
• Covers religious, social, cultural, economic, political and military history
• Treats the region as four differentiated political units - Iran, Turkey, Israel and the Arab world
• Includes a...

The world of Islamic fundamentalism has become, more or less, a daily preoccupation, not only of journalists and scholars, but, more importantly, of almost all governments and security services across the globe. This book presents a striking analysis of how and why Islamism and Jihadism have become such potent contemporary political forces, shedding new light on a much-misunderstood situation. This revised edition offers an analytical survey of the modern and contemporary Islamist movements by linking their emergence and potency to the historical background of Muslim societies and their...

• A fresh account of the multifaceted and multi-layered history of the Middle East
• Comprises 26 newly-commissioned essays by leading international scholars
• Primarily focused on the modern and contemporary periods
• Covers religious, social, cultural, economic, political and military history
• Treats the region as four differentiated political units - Iran, Turkey, Israel and the Arab world
• Includes a...

The study of Arab historiography and of the emergence of the Arab nation-state as an object of historical treatment is a matter of considerable current interest. Despite its importance, no academic work has dealt with this subject as a major preoccupation of Arab historians and intellectuals. This book, first published in 1989, discusses the development of modern Arab historiography and its study of the nation-state in the nineteenth century, and analyses the work of three contemporary Arab historians from Egypt, the Lebanon and Morocco. An important and highly readable account, it...