LEADER 03023oam 2200541I 450 001 9910162816603321 005 20240505190932.0 010 $a1-315-67806-3 010 $a1-317-39006-7 010 $a1-317-39005-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315678061 035 $a(CKB)3710000001033155 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4790166 035 $a(OCoLC)970042456 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001033155 100 $a20180706d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe erasure of Arab political identity $ecolonialism and violence /$fSalam Hawa 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (195 pages) 225 1 $aDurham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series ;$v41 311 08$a0-367-18607-1 311 08$a1-138-92414-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Pre-Islamic Arab political identity -- 3. Founding the first Arab Empire -- 4. Of friendship and politics -- 5. Politics of hospitality -- 6. Arrival of the Turks -- 7. Erasing Arab identity. 330 $aThis book explores the long history of the evolution of Arab political identity, which predates the time of the Prophet Muhammad and is characterized by tolerance, compassion, generosity, hospitality, self-control, correct behaviour, equality and consensus. The author argues that present day struggles in many Arab countries to redefine polities and politics are related to the fact that the underlying political culture of the Arabs has been overridden for centuries by successive political regimes which have deviated from the original political culture, and which the Prophet adhered to. The book outlines the political culture that existed before Islam, examines how the Conquests and the rule of the early dynasties (Umayyad and Abbasid) of the Islamic world found it necessary to override it, and analyses the effect of rule by non-Arabs - successively Mamluks, Ottoman Turks and Western colonial powers. It discusses the impact of these distortions on present day politics in the Arab world, and concludes by appealing for a reawakening of, and respect for, the cultural elements underlying the origins of Arab political identity. 410 0$aDurham modern Middle East and Islamic world series ;$v41. 606 $aArabs$xPolitics and government 606 $aPolitical culture$zArab countries 606 $aPolitical culture$zIslamic countries 615 0$aArabs$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aPolitical culture 615 0$aPolitical culture 676 $a320.917/4927 676 $a320.9174927 700 $aHawa$b Salam$0905157 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910162816603321 996 $aThe erasure of Arab political identity$92024438 997 $aUNINA