The contributors discuss issues central to the debate about the "proper" study of Arabs and Islam, methodological perspectives on the study of the Arab World, urban studies, women`s studies, economics and economic policy, foreign policy and strategic studies.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 909/.0974927
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 20
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- ma-----
- ISBN
- 9781459304567 0888642113
- LCCN
- DS37.6.A2
- LCCN Item number
- C65 1991eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBVAU
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xix, 235 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)thg00603434 (OCoLC)243592280 (CaOOCEL)405663
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Preface 10
- Acknowledgements 14
- Contributors 16
- Introduction: Critical Perspectives on Arab Studies 22
- PART ONE: NEO-ORIENTALISM 54
- 1 Orientalism Reconsidered 56
- 2 Hermeneutics of the Old and New Orientalism 72
- PART TWO: METHODOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE STUDY OF THE ARAB WORLD 84
- 3 Dilemmas in Middle Eastern Social Sciences: Contours of the Problem of the Relevance of Western Paradigms as Guides to Research, Policy and Practice 86
- 4 Anthropology and the Call for Indigenization of Social Science in the Arab World 102
- PART THREE: SPECIAL TOPICS IN ARAB STUDIES 134
- 5 The State of the Art in Studies of Middle Eastern Urbanization 136
- 6 Old Wine, New Bottles: Reflections and Projections Concerning Research on Women in Middle Eastern Studies 148
- 7 Science, Ideology and Authoritarianism in Middle East Economics 174
- 8 The Dilemma of Modern Arab Economic Thought 194
- 9 Biased Science or Dismal Art? A Critical Evalution of the State of the Art of Arab Foreign Policies' Analysis 202
- 10 Strategic Studies and the Middle East: Periodical Literature in the United States, 1980–1990 227
- 11 Strategic Studies and the Middle East: A View From the Region 242
