Middle Eastern Politics and Historical Memory : Martyrdom, Revolution, and Forging National Identities /: Martyrdom, Revolution, and Forging National Identities. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jacob Lassner.
• Authors: Lassner, Jacob
• Contents: DEDICATORY PREFACEINTRODUCTION PART ONE: IMAGINED HISTORY AND CONTEMPORANEOUS POLITICAL BEHAVIOR -ESSAY 1- RECOVERING AND INVOKING AN IDEALIZED ISLAMIC PAST Problems and Approaches to Competing Narratives and Historical Memories -ESSAY 2- MYTHS OF MARTYRDOM AND REBELLION Recalling Muslim Self Sacrifice and Tribal Virtues of Manliness and Honor -ESSAY 3- MARTYRDOM VERSUS LOW PROFILE POLITICS Interpreting the Past for Alternative Paths toward Regime Change and Political Legitimacy -ESSAY 4- 'BEING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY' The Concept and Praxis of a Proper Islamic Revolution PART TWO: IDENTITY POLITICS AND NATION BUILDING IN THE MODERN NEAR EAST -ESSAY 5- FORGING NATIONAL IDENTITIES IN THE MODERN ARAB NATION STATE Inventing Legacies of Near and Distant Histories -ESSAY 6- THE HOLY LAND, CANAAN, AND ARABIA: THE QUEST FOR ARAB POLITY Inventing an Ancient Past in Response to Zionism -ESSAY 7- THE USES AND MISUSES OF MODERN BIBLICAL SCHOLARSHIP Academic Politics and National Identity: Egypt, Israel, and Palestine.
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (248 pages)
• Subjects: Islamic studies; Memory; Nationalism; History -- Middle East -- General; History -- Revolutionary; Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- Nationalism; Social Science -- Islamic Studies; Middle Eastern history
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781838607289; 1838607285
• Related ISBNs: 9780755602094
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