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Of Death and Dominion: The Existential Foundations of Governance

Of Death and Dominion: The Existential Foundations of Governance

Mohammed A. Bamyeh

Death is the opposite not of life, but of power. And as such, Mohammed Bamyeh argues in this original work, death has had a great and largely unexplored impact on the thinking of governance throughout history, right down to our day.
Scripture, Reason, and the Contemporary Islam-West ...

Scripture, Reason, and the Contemporary Islam-West ...

S. Kepnes

Mohammed Bamyeh has authored a study detailing the fact that the Blessed Prophet simultaneously built upon, and critiqued/dismantled existing ideas and structures from the pre-Islamic era. While this part of Bamyeh's analysis is quite ...
Palestine America

Palestine America

Mohammed A. Bamyeh

Cultural and political analyses of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict and the ways it is represented.
The Social Origins of Islam: Mind, Economy, Discourse

The Social Origins of Islam: Mind, Economy, Discourse

Mohammed A. Bamyeh

Explores the genesis of Islam for insight into the nature of ideological transformation.
The Essence of Islamist Extremism: Recognition through ...

The Essence of Islamist Extremism: Recognition through ...

Irm Haleem

6 Mohammed A. Bamyeh, Of Death and Dominion: The Existential Foundations of Governance, Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 2007, p. 8. 7 SeeChapter 1where I introduce the logic implicit in Hegel's master–slave dialectic.
Social Sciences in the Arab World: Forms of Presence

Social Sciences in the Arab World: Forms of Presence

Mohammed A. Bamyeh

Social sciences; Arab countries; 21st century; reports.
Anarchy as Order: The History and Future of Civic Humanity

Anarchy as Order: The History and Future of Civic Humanity

Mohammed A. Bamyeh

A cogent and compelling critique of the modern state, this provocative book clarifies how anarchy may be both a guide for rational social order and a science of humanity.
Diaspora Lobbies and the US Government: Convergence and ...

Diaspora Lobbies and the US Government: Convergence and ...

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FOREIGN. POLICY. MOHAMMED A. BAMYEH Palestinians have never had any influence of any kind on any US foreign policy. By contrast, proIsraeli interests have until recently had an unusual level of influence on all significant US policies  ...
RELIGION, CULTURE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -Volume I:

RELIGION, CULTURE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -Volume I:

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Reproduced from: Mohammed A. Bamyeh,(2007),ISLAMIC CIVILIZATIONS, in world civilizations, [Ed. Robert Holton], in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems ( EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford ...
Issue 2013.2: Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies: ...

Issue 2013.2: Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies: ...

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Bamyeh, Mohammed A. (2010). Anarchy as Order: The History and Future ofCivic Humanity. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. This essay deals with a peculiar problem that has plagued anar- chist thought throughout its history: how to develop ...
Intellectuals and Civil Society in the Middle East: ...

Intellectuals and Civil Society in the Middle East: ...

Mohammed A. Bamyeh

... and al-Hilal, founded byJurji Zaydan in 1892. E.g. al-Afghani and Abduh's short -lived al-Urwa al-Wuthqa, 1884, and Rashid Rida'sjournal al-Manar, founded in 1897. See Stephen Sheehi, 'Arabic Literary-Scientific Journals: Precedence ...
Multicultural and Ethnic Children's Literature in the United ...

Multicultural and Ethnic Children's Literature in the United ...

Donna L. Gilton

Mohammed A. Bamyeh, “The Middle East,” in Global Voices, Global Visions: A Core Collection of Multicultural Books, by Lyn Miller-Lachmann (New Providence , N.J.: Bowker, 1995), 501-38. 95. Florence Parry Heide, Sami and the Time of the  ...
Alice Bhattis Himmelfahrt: Roman

Alice Bhattis Himmelfahrt: Roman

Mohammed Hanif

Mohammed Hanifs zutiefst menschlicher Zugang und der eindringliche und temporeiche Erzählstil bestätigen seinen Ruf als herausragende literarische Stimme Pakistans.
Rethinking Islam: Common Questions, Uncommon Answers

Rethinking Islam: Common Questions, Uncommon Answers

Mohammed Arkoun

Although he is a product of Islamic culture, Mohammed Arkoun nonetheless disagrees with the Islamic establishment and militant Islamist groups.
Oman Under Qaboos: From Coup to Constitution, 1970-1996

Oman Under Qaboos: From Coup to Constitution, 1970-1996

Calvin H. Allen

Soud al-Habsi Mubarak b. Abdallah b. Hamid al-Rashdi Saif b. Mohsin b. Hilal al- Ma'amari Juma b. Hamed b. Salim al-Ghilani Abdallah b. Khalid b. Ali Al- Hamouda Sa'id b. Mohammed b. Abdallah al-Suwa'i Abdallah b. Hashel b. Rashid al-Maskeri Amer b. Mohammed b. Shamis al-Hajri Abdallah b. Hamdoon b. Humaid al-Harthi Khamis b. Halis b. Khadim al-Hashmi Hamoud b. Rashid b. Saif al-Sha'aibi Mohammed b. Khamis b. Hilal al-Majali Ahmed b. Rashid b. Hamed al-Shamsi ...
Will the Middle East Implode?

Will the Middle East Implode?

Mohammed Ayoob

In this short book, leading Middle East scholar Mohammed Ayoob argues that the Arab Spring has both changed and charged some of the region’s thorniest problems - from the rise of political Islam to Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the Israel ...
Onze lieve vrouw van Alice Bhatti

Onze lieve vrouw van Alice Bhatti

Mohammed Hanif

Ze zal al haar krachten moeten aanwenden om zich uit deze situatie te redden -maar wonderen kennen ook hun grenzen... Mohammed Hanif is geboren in Pakistan,waar hij een tijd werkte voor de luchtmacht.
Cairo: City of Sand

Cairo: City of Sand

Maria Golia

... Mohammed Mansour, Samir Morcos, Mohammed Mounir, Effat Nasser, Steve Negus, Kristina Nelson, Saeed Okasha, Maria Pastore, Mahmoud Sabet, Pierre Sioufi, Samir Rafaat, Youssef Rakha, Max Rodenbeck, Nigel Ryan, William Wells , ...
Contemporary Islam: Dynamic, Not Static

Contemporary Islam: Dynamic, Not Static

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Dynamic, Not Static Abdul Aziz Said, Mohammed Said Farsi Professor of Islamic Peace and Director of the Center for Global Peace Abdul Aziz Said, Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Meena Sharify-Funk ...
Values in Islamic Culture and the Experience of History

Values in Islamic Culture and the Experience of History

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According to the leading Oromo historian, Mohammed Hassen, "[ajbout seventy percent of the Oromo are Muslims". See, Mohammed Hassen, "Islam as a Resistance Ideology among the Oromo of Ethiopia. The Wallo Case, 1700-1900" // Said ...
The Construction of Belief: Reflections on the Thought of ...

The Construction of Belief: Reflections on the Thought of ...

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Reflections on the Thought of Mohammed Arkoun Aziz Esmail, Abdou Filali- Ansary ... of language and philosophy of psychology. Aziz Esmail Aziz Esmail is the former Dean of The Mohammed Arkoun: A Passionate Critic About the Contributors.
Muslim Midwives: The Craft of Birthing in the Premodern ...

Muslim Midwives: The Craft of Birthing in the Premodern ...

Avner Giladi

Arberry. 41 MohammedA.Bamyeh, “Patriarchy,” EQ,vol. IV, 31–3. For an Islamicfeminist interpretation of Qur'ānic verses on women and gender relations see, for instance, Asma Barlas, “Women's.

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