{"product_id":"the-politics-of-chaos-in-the-middle-east","title":"The Politics of Chaos in the Middle East","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Olivier Roy, Europe's leading scholar of political Islam, argues that the consequences of the \"war on terror\" have artificially conflated conflicts in the Middle East in such a way that they appear to be the expression of a widespread \"Muslim anger\" against the West. But in reality, there are no us and them. Instead, the West faces an array of \"reverse alliances\" that operate according to their own logic and dynamics.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRoy unravels the complexity of these conflicts in order to better understand the political discontent that sustains them. He also emphasizes that the war on terror should not be regarded merely as a geopolitical blunder committed by a fringe group of neoconservatives. It is instead a problematic outgrowth of our deeply rooted Western perceptions of the Middle East, including the belief that Islam, rather than politics, is the overarching factor in these conflicts, thus explaining the West's support for either would-be secular democrats or (more or less) benign dictators. Roy's conclusion argues that the West has no alternative but to engage in a dialogue with the political forces that truly matter namely the Islamo-nationalists of Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e Published: in USA in 2008\u003cbr\u003e Publisher: Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e Pages: 167\u003cbr\u003e Language: English\u003cbr\u003e ISBN 13: 9780231700320\u003cbr\u003e ISBN 10: 0231700326\u003cbr\u003eCondition: As new\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Olivier Roy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39325718577255,"sku":"","price":12.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/products\/0231700326.jpg?v=1619440573","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/the-politics-of-chaos-in-the-middle-east","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}