The End of Modern History in the Middle East.
Bernard Lewis looks at the new era in the Middle East. With the departure of imperial powers, the region must now, on its own, resolve the political, economic, cultural, and societal problems that prevent it from accomplishing the next stage in the advance of civilization. There is enough in the tra...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
Hoover Institution Press,
2011
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| Series: | Hoover Institution Press publication ;
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| Summary: | Bernard Lewis looks at the new era in the Middle East. With the departure of imperial powers, the region must now, on its own, resolve the political, economic, cultural, and societal problems that prevent it from accomplishing the next stage in the advance of civilization. There is enough in the traditional culture of Islam on the one hand and the modern experience of the Muslim peoples on the other, he explains, to provide the basis for an advance toward freedom in the true sense of that word. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (216 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780817912987 0817912983 9780817912963 0817912967 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
