Khaldoun Samman: 3 books
Clash of Modernities
The Making and Unmaking of the New Jew, Turk, and Arab and the Islamist Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
To understand the Middle East we must also understand how the West produced a temporal narrative of world history in which westemers placed themselves on top and all others below them. In a landmark reinterpretation of Middle Eastern history, this book shows how Arabs, Muslims, Turks, and Jews absorbed,...
Cities of God and Nationalism
Rome, Mecca, and Jerusalem as Contested Sacred World Cities
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
"A tour-de-force in different fields of knowledge. It takes world-city and world-history literatures to a higher level of depth and understanding. It is difficult to imagine a more pioneering, in-depth study of world cities." Ramon Grosfoguel, Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies, University...
by Khaldoun Samman, Mazhar Al-Zo'by
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Featuring Immanuel Wallerstein, Joseph Massad, Marnia Lazreg, and other well-known and emerging new authors, this book seeks a more accurate understanding of Islam and Islamic societies' role and relations to global cultural and economic realities. The book confronts a trend today of analyzing Islam...