Titel: Sympathie und Schrecken. Begegnungen mit Faschismus und Nationalsozialismus in Ägypten, 1922–1937 [Sympathy and Fear. Encounters with Fascism and National Socialism in Egypt, 1922-1937] |
Forfatter: Israel Gershoni and Götz Nordbruch
Forlag: Klaus Schwarz Verlag
Udgivelsesår: 2011
Sider: 322
Pris: € 32 |
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In the 1920s and 1930s, the developments in Italy and Germany were closely followed in the Egyptian public. For many observers, the events in Europe were points of reference for the imminent political and social reforms at home. In their study Israel Gershoni and Götz Nordbruch reconstruct the manifold impressions that the Fascist regime and National Socialism made upon Egyptians. Read more
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Titel: Lived Space. Reconsidering Transnationalism among Muslim Minorities |
Forfatter: Jakob Egholm Feldt og Kirstine Sinclair (eds.)
Forlag: Peter Lang
Udgivelsesår: 2011
Sider: 156
Pris: € 27,80 / US-$ 40,95 / £ 23,40 |
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This book presents original research on the practical creation or use of places, homes, senses of loyalty and feelings of togetherness among Muslim minorities in Europe. The individual chapters deal with examples of Muslim "homing" or "sense-making" strategies, or the possibilities thereof, in Britain, Denmark, and Ireland. Read more
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| Titel: Orientalists, Islamists and the Global Public Sphere. A Genealogy of the Modern Essentialist Image of Islam |
Forfatter: Dietrich Jung
Forlag: Equinox Publishing
Udgivelsesår: 2011
Sider: 320
Pris: Paperback: £17.99/$34.95 - hardback: £60.00/$100.00
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In light of the ongoing public debate that focuses on differences between Islam and the West, this book suggests a change of perspective. It departs from the observation that both western Orientalists and Islamist activists have defined Islam similarly as an all-encompassing religious, political and social system. In shifting from differences to similarities, it leaves behind the increasingly circular debate about the “true” nature of Islam in which the Muslim religion has been represented either as intrinsically hostile to or as principally compatible with modern culture. Read more
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| Titel: The European Union's Democratization Agenda in the Mediterranean |
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Forfatter: Peter Seeberg and Michelle Pace (eds.)
Forlag: Routledge
Udgivelsesår: 2009
Sider: 232
Pris: 125 $
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Democracy promotion in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remains a central pillar of the foreign policy the European Union (EU). Rather than concentrating on the relations between the incumbent authoritarian regimes and the opposition in the relevant countries, and on the degree to which these relations are affected by EU efforts at promoting democracy, human rights and the rule of law (an outside-in approach), this collection of articles inverts the focus of such relationships and attempts to look at them ‘inside-out’. While some contributions also emphasise the ‘outside-in’ axis, given that this continues to be analytically rewarding, the overarching thrust of this book is to provide some empirical substance for the claim that EU policy making is not unidirectional and is influenced by the perceptions and actions of its ‘targets’. Thus, the focus is on domestic political changes on the ground in the MENA and how they link into what the EU is attempting to achieve in the region. Finally, the self-representation of the EU and its (lack of a) clear regional role is discussed.
This book was published as a special issue of Democratization.
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