Description: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE THE IDEOLOGICAL REVOLUTION IN THE MIDDLE EAST is a dramatic and original study of the forces that have made and will continue to make the Muslims turn from Islam to nationalism. Weaving together historical, sociological and philosophical information, Dr. Binder demonstrates the integral relationship of formal political ideas to political development and change. Dealing with one of the most complex and strategic areas of the world, the book explains the origin of political upeaval in the Middle East as it relates to the fundamental cultural orientation of the region. Beginning with an exposition of the philosophical opposition but political compatibility of nationalism and Islam, the book illustrates how the Islamic philosophy dealt with irreconcilable opposites-and how nationalism triumphed by freeing subjective sentiments from religious domination. It then discusses the impact of this com- promise on the formation of political communities and the effect of this ideo- logical revolution on international polities. This book stands out as a ground- breaking contribution by combining an empirical treatment of Middle East polities with a theoretical treatment of the problem of ideological change. The author's examination of ideological change in one of the developing areas is a major step forward in the study of ideology. Additionally, it is a most thorough and timely exposition of contemporary radical nationalist thought as expressed by President Nasser and his Ba'thi rivals. LEONARD BINDER is one of the ablest political scientists specializing in the Middle East. He has had an excellent training in political science, has acquired fluency in three of the major languages in the Islamic area, has applied the discipline to area studies making full use of his linguistic controls, and has had extensive field experience in Pakistan, Iran, and Egypt. His record of research in and on the area is thus most enviable. He has already accomplished more than any other American political scientist - indeed more than most political scientists elsewhere in the world in relating Western research techniques to the study of modern political developments in the Middle East in the context of the classical political theories of Islam."-from a pre-publication review. Dr. Binder is a graduate of Harvard University where he received his Ph.D. in 1956. He taught at UCLA from 1956 to 1960 and is presently Associate Pro- fessor of Political Science at the Uni- versity of Chicago. His previous publications include Religion and Politics in Pakistan and Iran: Political Development in a Changing Society.
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Author: Leonard Binder
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Topic: Political
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Subject: History
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1964
