LEADER 04869nam 22006015 450 001 9910484747603321 005 20240724105306.0 010 $a9783030576905 010 $a3030576906 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-57690-5 035 $a(CKB)4900000000508882 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6467874 035 $a(PPN)259466433 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-57690-5 035 $a(EXLCZ)994900000000508882 100 $a20210201d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCivilization and the Making of the State in Lebanon and Syria /$fby Andrew Delatolla 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 285 pages) 225 1 $aMiddle East Today,$x2945-7025 311 08$a9783030576899 311 08$a3030576892 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Standards of Civilization and the Production of Statehood -- Chapter 3: Equality as a Standard of Civilization: The Opposition Towards Ottoman Tolerance -- Chapter 4: Race, Religion, and Civilization in Programs of Governance and Modernization -- Chapter 5: Territory, Identity, and Governance: Creating Order from Disorder -- Chapter 6: Violent Resistance: Interactions with Modernity and European Interference -- Chapter 7: Nationalism as Resistance: Acquiescing to European Identifiers.-Chapter 8: Preventing Autonomy: European Interests and the Application of a Standard of Civilization -- Chapter 9: Conclusion: Taking Histories of Post-Colonial Statehood Seriously. 330 $a 'Given the over-generalization and abstraction in the analysis of the state, Delatolla's archival analysis of Lebanon and Syria is needed and welcome. He also guides us through the widespread phenomenon of state failure when many Global South countries mimic the made-in-Europe "standard of civilization" template.' --Bahgat Korany, Professor, Department of Political Science, The American University in Cairo, Egypt 'This highly original study is part of a wave of scholarship in the fields of Middle East studies, political science and international relations, that pushes these disciplines beyond their intellectually rigid and outdated boundaries. Standing on the shoulders of post-colonial and post-structuralist thinkers, Delatolla has brought together academic, extensive archival and governmental records to extract the colonial and imperial legacies embedded in state-based frameworks for organizing human societies. While a study of theintellectual coloniality reproduced in Lebanon and Syria, Delatolla's strong analysis of power and critical framework is key to examining similar Eurocentric and state-centric models of governance in other Middle Eastern contexts.' --Shourideh C. Molavi, Senior Lecturer, Department of Urban Studies, University of Basel, Switzerland, and Lead Israel-Palestine Researcher, Forensic Architecture This book argues that the modern state, from the nineteenth century to the contemporary period, has consistently been used as a means to measure civilizational engagement and attainment. This volume historicizes this dynamic, examining how it impacted state-making in Lebanon and Syria. By putting social, political, and economic pressure on the Ottoman Empire to replicate the modern state in Europe, the book examines processes of racialization, nationalist development, continued imperial expansion, and resistance that became embedded in the state as it was assembled. By historicizing post-imperial and post-colonial state formation in Lebanon and Syria, it is possible to engage in a conceptual separation from the modern state, abandoning the ongoing reproduction of the state as a standard, or benchmark, of civilization and progress. Andrew Delatolla is Lecturer in Middle Eastern Studies in the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies at the University of Leeds, UK. 410 0$aMiddle East Today,$x2945-7025 606 $aMiddle East$xPolitics and government 606 $aWorld politics 606 $aAfrica$xPolitics and government 606 $aMiddle Eastern Politics 606 $aPolitical History 606 $aAfrican Politics 615 0$aMiddle East$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aWorld politics. 615 0$aAfrica$xPolitics and government. 615 14$aMiddle Eastern Politics. 615 24$aPolitical History. 615 24$aAfrican Politics. 676 $a939.43 676 $a320.95691 700 $aDelatolla$b Andrew$01227320 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910484747603321 996 $aCivilization and the making of the state in Lebanon and Syria$92849826 997 $aUNINA