Needlepoint Designs from Oriental Rugs by Grethe Sorensen
After the resurgence of Islamic activism in recent decades, Islamic fundamentalist groups today seem set to maintain their dominant position across a range of Middle and Near Eastern regimes. In this book, a range of leading Middle East academics come together to challenge and correct theoretical and pratical misconceptions about Islamic movements. The result is a volume which questions the process of abstraction - which leads to the creation of the myth of extremism - and offers an account of Islamic fundamentalist thought and movements that places them within their international, regional and local context. In Part I the contributors examine the theoretical, philosophical and political foundations of fundamentalist discourses and the construction of fundamentalist ideologies; in additon they investigate the tools used to study Islamic movements. Part I provides detailed case studies of developments in Algeria, Lebanon, the Occupied Territories, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. These in-depth chapters analyse the causes of the fundamentalist movements' successes and failures.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780684178950 |
| ISBN 10 | 0684178958 |
| Title | Needlepoint Designs from Oriental Rugs |
| Author | Grethe Sorensen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | MacMillan Publishing Company |
| Year published | 1983-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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