Islamic Identity and Development after the Ottomans

Exploring themes of identity and development in the post-Ottoman Arab world, this book updates the author's earlier Islamic Identity and Development (Routledge, 1990) to analyse the root causes of chaos, civil war, and conflict in the Islamic Core today.

Autorentext

Özay Mehmet is Distinguished Research Professor of International Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He was educated in Cyprus, the London School of Economics (1959-62) and he received his MA and Ph.D in Economics at the University of Toronto. He has taught at various Canadian universities (Windsor, York, Toronto, Ottawa, and Carleton), and is the author of more than 20 academic books and over 100 articles in academic journals.

Inhalt

1. Winners and Losers in Nation-Building in the Post-Ottoman Middle East 2. Chaos in Dar'ul Islam After the Ottomans: The Modern Middle East 3. Recent Scholarship on the End of Ottomans and the Making of the Modern Middle East 4. The Roots of Islamic Underdevelopment: From Mercantilism to Imperialism 5. The Elusive Quest for the Islamic Social Contract: The Contest Between Nationalism and Imperialism 6. The Making of the Modern Middle East: Western Invasion, the Sykes-Picot Legacy, Failed States and Terrorism 7. The New Silk Route: Long-Term Revival of the Muslim World? 8. Europe, Turkey, and Islam: From Crusades to Inter-Faith Cooperation 9. The Muslim Refugee Crisis and Moral Failure 10. Why the Arab World Never Produced a Democratic Leader? 11. Democracy, Arabs, and Islamic Revival? 12. A Summing Up 13. Postscript on Ukraine War