Contending Visions of the Middle East: The History and Politics of Orientalism, Second Edition (The Contemporary Middle East)

Zachary Lockman's Informed And Thoughtful History Of European Orientalism And U.s. Middle East Studies, The 'clash Of Civilizations' Debate And America's Involvement In The Region Has Become A Highly Recommended And Widely Used Text Since Its Publication In 2004. The Second Edition Of Professor Lockman's Book Brings His Analysis Up To Date By Considering How The Study Of The Middle East Has Evolved In The Intervening Years, In The Context Of The U.s. Occupation Of Iraq And The 'global War On Terror'--provided By Publisher. Zachary Lockman's Informed And Thoughtful History Of European Orientalism And U.s. Middle East Studies, The 'clash Of Civilizations' Debate And America's Involvement In The Region Has Become A Highly Recommended And Widely Used Text Since Its Publication In 2004. The Second Edition Of Professor Lockman's Book Brings His Analysis Up To Date By Considering How The Study Of Themiddle East Has Evolved In The Intervening Years, In The Context Of The U.s. Occupation Of Iraq And The 'global War On Terror'. Zachary Lockman Teachesmodernmiddle Eastern History Atnew York University. His Previous Publications Include Comrades And Enemies: Arab And Jewish Workers In Palestine, 1906-1948 (1996). He Has Served As President Of The Middle East Studies Association, Speaks And Writes Widely On Current Events In The Middle East And U.s. Foreign Policy, And Is A Contributing Editor Of Middle East Report. I--provided By Publisher. In The Beginning -- Islam, The West And The Rest -- Orientalism And Empire -- The American Century -- Turmoil In The Field -- Said's Orientalism : A Book And Its Aftermath -- After Orientalism? Zachary Lockman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Half-title 3 Title 5 Copyright 6 Contents 9 Maps 10 Acknowledgments 11 Preface to the second edition 12 Introduction 29 1 In the beginning 36 The cradle of the West? 37 Conceptions of the world 39 Roman legacies 42 Christian conceptions of the world 46 The coming of Islam 47 The “age of ignorance” 50 The Crusades 55 Knowing the enemy 57 Europe's Arab-Muslim heritage 59 Images of Islam 62 2 Islam, the West and the rest 66 The Ottomans in Europe 68 The Ottoman image and the emergence of Orientalism 70 Ottoman decline and Oriental despotism 73 The beginnings of European global hegemony 76 The West versus the rest? 83 Explaining the “rise of the West” 86 Islam and Enlightenment 90 3 Orientalism and empire 94 The Oriental(ist) Renaissance 95 The age of European encroachment 98 The rise of homo islamicus 102 Ernest Renan and and his interlocutors 106 Karl Marx and Oriental despotism 111 Max Weber and the sociology of Islam 114 Orientalist knowledge and colonial power 116 Colonialism and Islam 119 4 The American century 128 Early twentieth-century Orientalism 129 Ottoman despotism and decline revisited 132 H. A. R. Gibb and modern Islam 136 The United States becomes a global superpower 140 The United States in the Middle East 143 The rise of area studies 150 Orientalism and the Cold War 158 Modernizing the world 162 In the trenches 169 5 Turmoil in the field 177 The 1960s and the rise of a “New Left” 180 “Dependency theory” as critique and alternative 183 Changes in the Middle East 187 Elaborating a critique 191 The challenge of Islamism 201 Elaborating alternatives: political economy and gender 206 6 Said's Orientalism: a book and its aftermath 211 The Foucault connection 213 Orientalism as a discourse 215 Bernard Lewis responds 219 Critical engagements 221 Poststructuralism and the “linguistic turn” 230 Colonial discourse and postcolonial theory 234 7 After Orientalism? 244 Islam and Islamism...again 245 The question of terrorism 252 The clash of civilizations 262 The end of area studies? 265 Scholars and the state 270 Think tanks and talking heads 275 Rough politics: blacklisting and the silencing of dissent 281 Critique from the right 287 The Campaign against Middle East Studies 294 Afterword 302 Notes 307 INTRODUCTION 307 1 IN THE BEGINNING 307 2 ISLAM, THE WEST AND THE REST 309 3 ORIENTALISM AND EMPIRE 311 4 THE AMERICAN CENTURY 312 5 TURMOIL IN THE FIELD 316 6 SAID’S ORIENTALISM: A BOOK AND ITS AFTERMATH 320 7 AFTER ORIENTALISM? 323 Bibliography 329 Index 340 0521115876,9780521115872,0521629373,9780521629379 Cambridge University Press Zachary Lockman's book offers a broad survey of the development of Western knowledge about Islam and the Middle East. Beginning with ancient Greek and Roman conceptions of the world, Lockman goes on to discuss European ideas about Islam from its emergence in the seventh century, with particular attention to the age of European imperialism, the era of deepening American involvement in this region, and the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Along the way, he explores how scholars and others in the West have studied and depicted Islam and the Middle East, focusing on the politics and controversies that have shaped Middle East studies in the United States over the past half century, including the debates over Said's influential critique, Orientalism. His book relates many of today's critical issues, including Muslim extremism, terrorism and United States policy in the Middle East, to their broader historical and political contexts. Zachary Lockman is Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and History at New York University and a member of the American Historical Association. He has been a Guggenheim fellow and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars fellow. His work includes Comrades and Enemies (University of California Press, 1996), Workers and Working Classes in the Middle East, ed. (SUNY Press, 1993) and Workers on the Nile (Princeton, 1987). Zachary Lockman's book offers a broad survey of the development of Western knowledge about Islam and the Middle East. Beginning with ancient Greek and Roman conceptions of the world, the book goes on to discuss European ideas about Islam from its emergence in the seventh century, with particular attention to the age of European imperialism, the era of deepening American involvement in this region, and the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Along the way, Lockman explores how scholars and others in the West have studied and depicted Islam and the Middle East, focusing on the politics and controversies that have shaped Middle East studies in the United States over the past half century, including the debates over Said's influential critique, Orientalism. This book relates many of today's critical issues, including Muslim extremism, terrorism and United States policy in the Middle East, to the broader historical and political contexts. -- Publisher description "Zachary Lockman's book offers a broad survey of the development of Western knowledge about Islam and the region we today call the Middle East. Beginning with ancient Greek and Roman conceptions of the world, this book goes on to discuss European perceptions of Islam from its emergence in the seventh century down to the present, with particular attention to the age of European imperialism, the era of deepening American involvement in this region, and the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks."--BOOK JACKET The book offers a survey of Western knowledge about Islam and the Middle East, from conceptions of East and West in antiquity, through the emergence of Islam, to the present. It relates many of today's critical issues, including terrorism and Muslim extremism, to their broader historical and political contexts Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. In the beginning; 2. Islam, the West and the rest; 3. Orientalism and empire; 4. The American century; 5. Turmoil in the field; 6. Said's Orientalism: a book and its aftermath; 7. After Orientalism?; Afterword. The second edition of Professor Lockman's book brings his original analysis up to date by considering how the study of the Middle East has evolved in the intervening years, in the context of the US occupation of Iraq and the 'global war on terror'. An Accessible And Broad Ranging Survey Of Western Perceptions Of Islam And The Middle East.