Charles Tripp

تحدي الرأسمالية

السلطة و الشعب مسارات المقاومة في الشرق الاوسط

Professor of Middle East Politics Charles Tripp

Third edition of Charles Tripp's authoritative history of Iraq.

A History of Iraq

This updated edition of Charles Tripp's A History of Iraq covers events since 1998, and looks at present-day developments right up to mid-2002. Since its establishment by the British in the 1920s Iraq has witnessed the rise and fall of successive regimes, culminating in the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein. Tripp traces Iraq's political history from its nineteenth-century roots in the Ottoman empire, to the development of the state, its transformation from monarchy to republic and the rise of the Ba'th party and the ascendancy of Saddam Hussein.

A collection of lectures that seek to represent current thinking on a variety of contemporary and historical issues in the the Middle East. Topics covered include Islamic economies, leaders, monarchs, historiography, and Jewish and Islamic civilizations.

Middle Eastern Lectures

Roger Owen

Egypt is one of the major powers in the Middle East. The vigour of its cultural life and the extent of its influence make it a force which cannot be ignored in the Arab world. Yet, despite the comparative confidence with which its rulers handle power, the country has a politically contradictory past with which to come to terms, as well as its role in a region of shifting political identity and allegiance. This book examines the causes and consequences of the many crises within the Egyptian political, sociological, economic and moral legacy and the strategies which Mubarak's government has devised to cope with that legacy. The book's concern is for the capacity of the present administration to avoid expediency and the generation of further crisis and rather to employ Egypt's considerable resources in the shaping of a distinct and effective role for the country.

Egypt Under Mubarak

VENETIA. PORTER

Natasha Morris

Reflections: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa brings together an extraordinary collection of work from the British Museum for the first time. The contemporary art of the Middle East and North Africa is rich and vibrant. Whether living in their countries of birth or in diaspora, the featured artists are part of the globalised world of art. Here we see artists responding to and making work about their present, histories, traditions and cultures, reflecting on a part of the world that has experienced extraordinary change in living memory.The British Museum has been acquiring the work of Middle Eastern and North African artists since the 1980s, and the collection - principally works on paper - is one of the most extensive in the public sphere. Collected within the context of a museum of history, the works offer insights into the nature of civil societies, the complex politics of the region, and cultural traditions in their broadest sense, from the relationship with Islamic art, to the deep engagement with literature.The introduction to the book by curator Venetia Porter explores the history of the collection and the works included. The essential framework for understanding the politics and context within which the artists are working is provided by Charles Tripp's essay. The works are grouped into seven chapters, each beginning with a short introduction. The authors explore the selection within themes such as faith, abstraction and the female gaze.

Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa

Reflections

Catrine Clay

Hugh Baker

This is a book about SOAS: its extraordinary history, its vibrant present and its opinion-shaping future. The contributions from the SOAS community are as varied and colourful as SOAS itself. Some are serious, some are humorous, all are filled with a love of this institution which, for many, has been a home from home. What the contributions share is that fundamental ethos of SOAS which was evident from the very start, back in 1917, and which many call the 'soul' of SOAS: an ethos of tolerance of other cultures and religions, based on a proper knowledge and understanding. SOAS is justly proud of its long history of scholarship and expertise in Oriental and African studies. Proud, too, of its remarkable archive of rare manuscripts, books, maps, letters, diaries, artefacts and paintings, which is one of the hidden treasures of London, and which furnishes this book with its beautiful illustrations.

A Celebration in Many Voices

SOAS

How do modern Muslims adapt their traditions to engage with today's world? Charles Tripp's erudite and incisive book considers one of the most significant challenges faced by Muslims over the last sixty years: the challenge of capitalism. By reference to the works of noted Muslim scholars, the author shows how, faced by this challenge, these intellectuals devised a range of strategies which have enabled Muslims to remain true to their faith, whilst engaging effectively with a world not of their own making. The work is framed around the development of their ideas on Islamic socialism, economics and the rationale for Islamic banking. While some Muslims have resorted to confrontation or insularity to cope with the challenges of modernity, most have aspired to innovation and ingenuity in the search for compromise and interaction with global capitalism in the twenty-first century.

The Challenge of Capitalism

Islam and the Moral Economy

Examines resistance by the people in the Middle East against oppressive governments--from the 20th century through the present-day Arab Spring movement. Simultaneous. Hardcover available.

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