Peace out of reach [[electronic resource] ] : Middle Eastern travels and the search for reconciliation / / Stephen Eric Bronner
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Bronner Stephen Eric <1949->
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| Titolo: |
Peace out of reach [[electronic resource] ] : Middle Eastern travels and the search for reconciliation / / Stephen Eric Bronner
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| Pubblicazione: | Lexington, : University Press of Kentucky, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 956.05 |
| Soggetto topico: | Conflict management - Middle East |
| Soggetto geografico: | Middle East Politics and government 1979- |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-178) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 t |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Peace out of reach |
| ISBN: | 1-283-23317-7 |
| 9786613233172 | |
| 0-8131-7257-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910816574403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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