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What is the Middle East?: The Theory and Practice of Regions (Elements in Middle East Politics)

What is the Middle East?: The Theory and Practice of Regions (Elements in Middle East Politics)

Marc Lynch
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The Middle East has traditionally been understood as a world region by policy, political science, and the public. Its borders are highly ambiguous, however, and rarely explicitly justified or theorized. This Element examines how the current conception of the Middle East emerged from colonialism and the Cold War, placing it within both global politics and trends within American higher education. It demonstrates the strategic stakes of different possible definitions of the Middle East, as well as the internal political struggles to define and shape the identity of the region. It shows how unexamined assumptions about the region as a coherent and unified entity have distorted political science research by arbitrarily limiting the comparative universe of cases and foreclosing underlying politics. It argues for expanding our concept of the Middle East to better incorporate transregional connections within a broader appeal for comparative area studies.
Language
English
Pages
78
Format
Hardcover
Release
February 20, 2025
ISBN 13
9781009557887

What is the Middle East?: The Theory and Practice of Regions (Elements in Middle East Politics)

Marc Lynch
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
The Middle East has traditionally been understood as a world region by policy, political science, and the public. Its borders are highly ambiguous, however, and rarely explicitly justified or theorized. This Element examines how the current conception of the Middle East emerged from colonialism and the Cold War, placing it within both global politics and trends within American higher education. It demonstrates the strategic stakes of different possible definitions of the Middle East, as well as the internal political struggles to define and shape the identity of the region. It shows how unexamined assumptions about the region as a coherent and unified entity have distorted political science research by arbitrarily limiting the comparative universe of cases and foreclosing underlying politics. It argues for expanding our concept of the Middle East to better incorporate transregional connections within a broader appeal for comparative area studies.
Language
English
Pages
78
Format
Hardcover
Release
February 20, 2025
ISBN 13
9781009557887

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