Description
Localities, countries, and regions develop through complex interactions with others. This striking volume highlights global interconnectedness seen through the prism of the Middle East, both "global-in" and "global-out." It delves into the region's scientific, artistic, economic, political, religious, and intellectual formations and traces how they have taken shape through a dynamic set of encounters and exchanges. Written in short and accessible essays by prominent experts on the region, Global Middle East covers topics including God, Rumi, food, film, fashion, music, sports, science, and the flow of people, goods, and ideas. The text explores social and political movements from human rights, Salafism, and cosmopolitanism to radicalism and revolutions. Using the insights of global studies, students will glean new perspectives about the region.
Author: Asef Bayat
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 02/23/2021
Pages: 360
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9780520295353
ISBN10: 0520295358
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | Middle Eastern Studies
- History | Middle East | General
- Political Science | Globalization
Author: Asef Bayat
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 02/23/2021
Pages: 360
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9780520295353
ISBN10: 0520295358
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | Middle Eastern Studies
- History | Middle East | General
- Political Science | Globalization
About the Author
Asef Bayat is Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies and Professor of Sociology and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of Life as Politics: How Ordinary People Change the Middle East and Revolution without Revolutionaries: Making Sense of the Arab Spring.