03013nam 2200589 a 450 991077815230332120200520144314.01-283-23317-797866132331720-8131-7257-8(CKB)1000000000475389(EBL)792165(OCoLC)181103901(SSID)ssj0000219131(PQKBManifestationID)11199179(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000219131(PQKBWorkID)10229151(PQKB)11366982(OCoLC)608535590(MdBmJHUP)muse13762(Au-PeEL)EBL792165(CaPaEBR)ebr10495397(CaONFJC)MIL323317(MiAaPQ)EBC792165(EXLCZ)99100000000047538920070124d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPeace out of reach[electronic resource] Middle Eastern travels and the search for reconciliation /Stephen Eric BronnerLexington University Press of Kentuckyc20071 online resource (208 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8131-3713-6 0-8131-2446-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-178) and index.Cosmopolitan engagements -- Lessons from Afghanistan -- The Iraqi debacle : democracy, desperation, and the ethics of war -- Twilight in Tehran -- Syria and its president : a meeting with Bashar al-Assad -- Withdrawal pains : Gaza, Lebanon, and the future of Palestine -- The Middle East spills over : the Sudan and the crisis in Darfur -- Conspiracy then and now : history, politics, and the anti-semitic imagination -- Incendiary images : blasphemous cartoons, cosmopolitan responsibility, and critical engagement -- Of reason and faith : on the former Cardinal Josef Ratzinger -- False antinomies : on religious conviction and human rights.Turmoil in the Middle East has escalated to unprecedented levels in the twenty-first century. Opposing cultural, religious, and political forces have resumed old conflicts and spawned new ones, fighting with words and images as well as bombs and bullets. The path toward peace and reconciliation seems further away and less clear than ever. Stephen Eric Bronner's Peace Out of Reach is both a deeply personal account and a careful analysis of the crises currently threatening the cradle of civilization. Bronner's insights into Middle Eastern tensions are significantly enhanced by his extensive tConflict managementMiddle EastMiddle EastPolitics and government1979-Conflict management956.05Bronner Stephen Eric1949-265637MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778152303321Peace out of reach3836772UNINA