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Author | : Eqbal Ahmad |
Publisher | : Haymarket Books |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 2017-02-20 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1608467511 |
The Pakistani political thinker and activist shares his insight into global emancipatory politics in this interview collection—foreword by Edward W. Said. Edward W. Said once urged the legendary Eqbal Ahmad not to “leave your words scattered to the winds, or even recorded on tape, but collected and published in several volumes for everyone to read. Then those who don’t have the privilege of knowing you will know what a truly remarkable, gifted man you are.” Unfortunately, Ahmad died suddenly before Said's wish came to fruition. But in Confronting Empire, Ahmad's most provocative ideas are available to future generations of activists. In these intimate and wide-ranging conversations, Ahmad discusses nationalism, ethnic conflict, the politics of memory, and liberation struggles around the world.
Author | : Eqbal Ahmad |
Publisher | : South End Press |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780896086159 |
An unprecedented collection from a giant in international politics.
Author | : Jack P. Greene |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 407 |
Release | : 2013-03-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107030552 |
This book analyzes how Britons celebrated and critiqued their empire during the short eighteenth century, from about 1730 to 1790. It focuses on the emergence of an early awareness of the undesirable effects of British colonialism on both overseas Britons and subaltern people in the British Empire, whether in India, the Americas, Africa, or Ireland.
Author | : Arundhati Roy |
Publisher | : South End Press |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780896087248 |
Author | : Weldon Matthews |
Publisher | : I.B. Tauris |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2006-07-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Examines the rise of nationalism in Palestinian politics. This book argues that the advocacy of nationalist identity was interlinked with resistance to British imperialism. It probes early self-perceptions of Palestinian nationalism and its relationship with Islamic and pan-Arab identities.
Author | : Paula Sutter Fichtner |
Publisher | : Reaktion Books |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2008-02-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1861894139 |
Many negative stereotypes of Muslims can be traced to the clashes between the Ottoman Empire and Christian Europe in the Middle Ages. Paula Sutter Fichtner explores here the particular dynamics between the Ottoman and Austrian Habsburg empires and chronicles the evolution of a political relationship that shifted from hatred to understanding. In the fourteenth century, Ottoman armies swept westward across the Danube Valley before confronting the Habsburgs, who ruled central and eastern Europe, and in Terror and Toleration, Fichtner charts the religious and political conflicts that fueled 300 years of war. She reveals how ruling powers in Vienna and the church spread propaganda about Muslims that still lingers today. But the Habsburgs dramatically reversed their attitudes toward Muslims in the seventeenth century, and through this story, Fichtner explains how one can recognize an enemy while adjusting one’s views about them. A fascinating read, Terror and Toleration sheds new light on the deep roots of the often contentious relationship between Islam and the West.
Author | : Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2013-06-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 085745952X |
Global imperial designs, which have been in place since conquest by western powers, did not suddenly evaporate after decolonization. Global coloniality as a leitmotif of the empire became the order of the day, with its invisible technologies of subjugation continuing to reproduce Africa’s subaltern position, a position characterized by perceived deficits ranging from a lack of civilization, a lack of writing and a lack of history to a lack of development, a lack of human rights and a lack of democracy. The author’s sharply critical perspective reveals how this epistemology of alterity has kept Africa ensnared within colonial matrices of power, serving to justify external interventions in African affairs, including the interference with liberation struggles and disregard for African positions. Evaluating the quality of African responses and available options, the author opens up a new horizon that includes cognitive justice and new humanism.
Author | : Eqbal Ahmad |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 668 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780231127110 |
Activist, journalist, and theorist, Eqbal Ahmad (1934-1999) was admired and consulted by revolutionaries and activists as well as policymakers and academics. In articles and columns published in such journals as the Nation, New York Review of Books, Monthly Review, and newspapers in Pakistan and Cairo, Ahmad inspired new ways of thinking about global issues. Whether writing on the rise of militant Islam, the conflict in Kashmir, U.S. involvement in Vietnam, or the cynical logic of Cold War geopolitics, Ahmad offered incisive, passionate, and often prophetic analyses of the major political events and movements of the second half of the twentieth century. This work is the first to collect Ahmad's writings in a single volume. It reflects his distinct understanding of world politics as well as his profound sense of empathy for those living in poverty and oppression. He was a fierce opponent of imperialism and corruption and advocated democratic transformations in postcolonial and third-world societies. A uniquely perceptive critic of colonialism and U.S. foreign policy, Ahmad was equally vigilant in his criticisms of third-world dictatorships. Like few other writers, Ahmad's life experiences shaped his political views. He grew up amidst the turmoil of postcolonial India, worked alongside the Algerian FLN in their fight against the French occupation, and later became a prominent spokesperson for peace between Israel and Palestine.
Author | : Kate Fullagar |
Publisher | : Johns Hopkins University Press |
Total Pages | : 371 |
Release | : 2018-11-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1421426560 |
Reid, Daniel K. Richter, Rebecca Shumway, Sujit Sivasundaram, Nicole Ulrich
Author | : Harry C. Kiely |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2011-04-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780976389286 |
The authors discuss how to love America and how to be a patriotic Christian. They sound an alarm within the church and invite readers to open themselves to God's judgment so that they may respond faithfully in a time of widespread injustice and human suffering.