Bøger i SOAS/Routledge Studies on the Middle East serien

This book provides a comparative study of government policies and ideologies of two states towards minority populations living within their borders.

Examines whether traditional paradigms of totalitarian rule can be applied to Ba'thist Iraq. This work examines state-society relations and uncovers the nature of the regime and how Iraqis lived with it.

Examines the rise and development of the Arab intellectual under colonial rule through to independence. This book includes coverage of a number of states and individuals including liberals, radical secularists and salafi intellectuals.

Deals with the relationship between nationalism and liberal thought in the Arab East during the first half of the twentieth century. This title examines this formative period through reformist Islam, Arab secularism and Arab literature and shows that liberal ideas were not entirely eclipsed by nationalism with the outbreak of the Second World War.

Examines silences or omissions in Middle Eastern history at the turn of the twenty-first century, to give a fuller account of the society, culture and politics. With a particular focus on the Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Palestine, this book considers how and why such silences occur.

Aims to bring together research on aspects of urban life and structure by architectural and textual historians and archaeologists, engendering perspectives on urban life in the pre-modern Islamic world. This book examines case studies from seventh-century Syria to seventeenth-century Mughal India.

Argues that Indonesian nationalism rested on Islamic ecumenism heightened by colonial rule and the pilgrimage. After demonstrating the close linkage between Cairene ideology and Indonesian nationalism, this book shows how developments in the Middle East continued to play a role in shaping Islamic politics in colonial Indonesia.

Courts and the complex phenomenon of the courtly society have received intensified interest in academic research over the years. This book provides a comparative perspective on the history of courtly culture in Muslim societies from the earliest times to the nineteenth century, and presents a collection of images of courtly life and architecture.

Examines the city in the Ottoman Empire as a thoroughfare and destination of human migration. Drawing upon case studies from across the Middle East and Europe, this title provides fresh insights on Ottoman institutions and the structure of society.