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Contending Visions of the Middle East: The History and Politics of Orientalism (The Contemporary Middle East)
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by Zachary Lockman
Sales Rank: 396645
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Cover Type: Paperback with 330 pages
Published by: Cambridge University Press August 16, 2004
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0521629373
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0521629379
Book Dimensions:
8.4 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
Weighs: 13.6 ounces
Product Review
"Lockman's book will be widely read. There can be no doubt that the subject is an important one, not just to those in the field of Middle East Studies, but to the academic community and to a segment of the general public as well. As the book argues, a knowledge of the history of Middle East Studies is vital in assessing arguments put forward by academics, pundits and politicians."
Edmund Burke III, Department of History, University of California, Santa Cruz
"a well crafted piece of historical synthesis, based on a wide array of secondary sources."
International Journal
Product Description
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).
Reader Reviews
Zach Lockman's "Contending Visions of the Middle East" traces the development of present "Western" attitudes towards the Middle East/Islam/Arabs (which he argues have been erroneously conglomerated) in the West and specifically in America. His arguments, while not particularly new or unique, are well developed and provides a student of Middle East studies or the general reader not only with those arguments but also with a historiography of some of the past arguments about the Middle East. His basic premise is that the Islamic cultures have been grossly misrepresented and generalized throughout Western history. In keeping with Edward Said's "Orientalism," he argues that that Western orientalists have defined the Middle East as what they are not through a process often referred to as "othering." His last couple chapters deal with present conditions and persisting misconceptions and misrepresentations about the Middle East and the rest of the world. Lockman argues with considerable skill that the U.S. government since the Cold War, citing examples of both Democrat and Republican involvement, has actually been one of the chief proponents of racist and ignorant images about the Middle East in order to further certain objectives. The final chapter creates an unsettling but perhaps accurate picture of the U.S. government as almost an opponent of intelligent academic research. This book could have been 50 or so pages shorter, and probably should have been given its more student and general audience. However, Lockman does go to great lengths to include information about historical events that while widely known, are essential to an understanding of the topic and therefore must be included. Overall, it was about what I expected and definitely worth my time and money.
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