Politics and International Relations 2013 (US) - Routledge

MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS 27
Orhan Pamuk, Secularism and Blasphemy
The Politics of the Turkish Novel
Erdag Göknar, Duke University, USA
In 2005 Orhan Pamuk was charged with “insulting
Turkishness” under Article 301-1 of the Turkish penal code.
Eighteen months later he was awarded the Nobel Prize.
After decades of criticism for wielding a depoliticized pen,
Pamuk was cast as a dissident through his trial, an event
that underscored his transformation from national literateur
to global author. Orhan Pamuk, Secularism and Blasphemy
examines the literary politics of Orhan Pamuk’s novels within
the framework of contestations over “Turkishness,” Islam,
and secularization. This is not a traditional study of
literature, but a book that turns to literature to ask larger
questions about Turkish history, identity, collective memory,
and cultural practice. Modern literature that confronts representations of the
nation-state, or devlet, with those of Ottoman, Islamic, and Sufi contexts, or din,
constitute the “secular blasphemies” that define the politics of the Turkish novel.
January 2013: 234x156: 320pp
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Dynamics of Change in the Persian Gulf
Political Economy, War and Revolution
Anoushiravan Ehteshami, University of Durham, UK
The Persian Gulf has come to represent one of the most
strategically significant waterways of the world. In terms of
geography, geopolitics, resources, global political economy,
and regional influence, the Gulf is perhaps home to the
world’s most significant group of countries. Focusing on
the complexities of the interplay between domestic-level
changes and region-wide interactions, this book presents
the reader with the first comprehensive survey of the
dynamics of change in this crucial area. Casting a new light
on the workings of a strategically significant part of the
international system, this book will be an essential resource
for students and scholars of international relations,
international security and Middle Eastern politics.
February 2013: 234x156: 320pp
Hb: 978-0-415-65757-0: $160.00
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The Sharia State
Arab Spring and Democratization
Bassam Tibi, Former Professor Emeritus of International
Relations, University of Goettingen, Germany
Set against the backdrop of the Arab Spring, The Sharia
State examines the Islamist concept of political order. This
order is based on a new interpretation of sharia and has
been dubbed ‘the Islamic state’ by Islamists. The concept of
‘the Islamic state,’ has been elevated to a political agenda
and it is this agenda that is examined here, in the context
of the Arab Spring. The term ‘Arab Spring,’ connotes a just
rebellion that led to toppling dictators and authoritarian
rulers, yet in The Sharia State, Bassam Tibi challenges the
unchecked assumption that the seizure of leadership by
Islamists is a part of the democratization of the Middle East.
May 2013: 234x156: 256pp
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TEXTBOOK • 2ND EDITION
An Atlas of Middle Eastern Affairs
Ewan W. Anderson, Durham University, UK and Liam D. Anderson,
Wright State University, USA
This revised and updated atlas provides accessible, concisely written entries on
important current issues in the Middle East, combining original maps with their
geopolitical background. Providing a clear context for analysis of key concerns, it
includes background topics, the position of the Middle East in the world and profiles
of the constituent countries.
Selected Contents: Introduction Part 1: The Middle East in Relation to the Global Scene
Part 2: The Middle Eastern Background: Geographical and Historical Part 3: Fundamental
Concerns in the Middle East Part 4: The States of the Middle East Part 5: Beyond the
Middle East Part 6: Key Issues and Flashpoints
June 2013: 246x174: 304pp
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The Struggle for Jerusalem’s Holy Places
Wendy Pullan and Maximilian Sternberg, both at University of Cambridge,
UK, and Michael Dumper and Craig Larkin, both at University of Exeter, UK
and Lefkos Kyriacou
The Struggle for Jerusalem’s Holy Places offers a timely re-assessment of the dramatic
changes that have taken place in religious sites that form focal points within the
wider urban structure of the city. Adopting a multi-disciplinary and contextual
approach, the authors reveal the intensified radicalisation surrounding sacred sites in
Jerusalem and argue that we are witnessing significant changes in the nature of their
appropriation and their relationship to the city.
June 2013: 246x174: 224pp
Hb: 978-0-415-50535-2: $155.00
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Turkey
Challenges of Continuity and Change 2nd edition
Meliha Benli Altunisik and Ozlem Tur, both at Middle East Technical
University, Turkey
Series: The Contemporary Middle East
The authors put issues relevant to Turkey today – such as consolidating democracy,
dealing with economic development issues, improving its human rights record and
its foreign policy – in an historical context, allowing comparisons with other late
developers in the world and reflecting the complexity of Turkish political and
socio-economic developments. Turkey also argues that the modernization process
that started in the nineteenth century, with all its elements including secularization
and Westernization, has taken root.
December 2013: 234x156: 224pp
Hb: 978-0-415-82027-1: $160.00
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Routledge Handbook of Modern Israel
Edited by Alain Dieckhoff, CNRS / CERI, Paris, France
Israel is a country made up of contradictions. A lively democracy in a multicultural
society but within a state promoting a strong national identity; a thriving economy in
an unequal society; a culture open to modern trends but drawing on the Hebrew past
and preoccupied with the Holocaust and the Arab-Israeli conflict; a sovereign member
in the international arena, whose existence is still contested in the Middle East. The
Routledge Handbook of Modern Israel provides a comprehensive profile of the
intricacies of contemporary Israel, offering a unique, in-depth survey of the country.
February 2013: 234x156: 432pp
Hb: 978-0-415-57392-4: $200.00
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