{"product_id":"the-middle-east-professor-shahrough-akhavi-9781842778968","title":"The Middle East: The Politics of the Sacred and Secular","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmidst recent hype about events in the Middle East, there have been few attempts to get below the surface and develop a fuller understanding of what politics means there. \u003cem\u003eThe Middle East: The Politics of the Sacred and Secular\u003c\/em\u003e redresses this balance and provides essential historical and theoretical context. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Shahrough Akhavi shows that the way people think about politics in the Middle East has developed in response to historical experience. Islam has obviously played a pivotal role and the book does much to disentangle myth and reality about Islamic responses to politics. Refreshingly, however, the book focuses on the universal concepts of the individual, civil society, the state, justice, authority and obligation and how these have been interpreted by Middle Eastern thinkers in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAkhavi builds a dynamic picture of a politically exciting and engaged region. The fresh perspective this book brings to global political theory, and the background it gives students of politics in the Middle East make it an important addition to the World Political Theories series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shahrough Akhavi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 184277896X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781842778968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Shahrough Akhavi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43938913059071,"sku":"9781842778968","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_35b337d1-ec22-460b-b9fc-0bd53d226070.jpg?v=1681438412","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-middle-east-professor-shahrough-akhavi-9781842778968","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}