Fear and Faith in Paradise: Exploring Conflict and Religion in the Middle East - Couverture rigide

Karber, Phil

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1442214775 ISBN 13 : 9781442214774

Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield, 2012

Synopsis

From life along the Tigris River in the 1970s to the ongoing Arab Spring uprisings, Phil Karber has witnessed decades of change throughout the Middle East. Fear and Faith in Paradise draws on his wealth of experience to sketch a timely and compelling portrait of the region throughout history. Going beyond the endless images of terrorism and war, he challenges pervasive stereotypes of Muslims and delves into the living history and cultures of Arabs, Turks, Kurds, Persians, Jews, Tunisians, Moroccans, Armenians, and others.   Seamlessly moving between past and present, Karber skillfully develops two overarching themes: How America's footprint can be shifted from a military to a humanitarian emphasis and how fear is used as a cudgel by today’s monotheistic leaders to sacrifice the faithful. Whether Christian, Muslim, or Jewish, they all invoke their own vision of paradise, often as incentive, in hopeless conflicts that seem doomed to be repeated. Karber’s down-to-earth writing vividly conveys the region’s charm and beauty against a backdrop of power struggles among competing faiths, nationalisms, and outside forces.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Phil Karber is an award-winning travel writer. He is the author of The Indochina Chronicles: Travels in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam and Yak Pizza to Go: Travels in an Age of Vanishing Cultures and Extinctions. Since the mid-nineties he has called home Nairobi, Kenya; Hanoi, Vietnam; Bangkok, Thailand; and East London, South Africa. He currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Visit the author on his website here.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rowman & Littlefield
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1442214775
• ISBN 13: 9781442214774
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible