Contending Visions of the Middle East: The History and Politics of Orientalism

Zachary Lockman

Cambridge University Press, Nov 12, 2009 - History - 344 pages

Zachary Lockman's informed and thoughtful history of European Orientalism and US Middle East studies, the 'clash of civilizations' debate and America's involvement in the region has become a highly recommended and widely used text since its publication in 2004. The second edition of Professor Lockman's book brings his analysis up to date by considering how the study of the Middle East has evolved in the intervening years, in the context of the US occupation of Iraq and the 'global war on terror'.

About the author

Zachary Lockman teaches modern Middle Eastern history at New York University. His previous publications include Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948 (1996). He has served as president of the Middle East Studies Association, speaks and writes widely on current events in the Middle East and US foreign policy, and is a contributing editor of Middle East Report.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Contending Visions of the Middle East: The History and Politics of Orientalism; Volume 3 of The Contemporary Middle East
• Author: Zachary Lockman
• Edition: 2, revised
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009
• ISBN: 0521133076, 9780521133074
• Length: 344 pages
• Subjects: History / Middle East / General; History / Social History; Political Science / General; Religion / Islam / General