Localizing Knowledge in a Globalizing World: Recasting the Area Studies Debate (Modern Intellectual & Political History of the Middle East) (Modern ... and Political History of the Middle East) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0815629826 ISBN 13: 9780815629825

Publisher: Syracuse University Press, 2002

Synopsis

University professors of anthropology, international relations, political science, history, economics, and Middle Eastern, African, and gender studies present 12 contributions examining the area studies debate by placing conventional academic disciplines in their historical and cultural contexts and by elucidating the problems of traditional area studies. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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About the Author

Ali Mirsepassi is associate professor of sociology and Middle East studies at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Amrita Basu is professor of political science and women's and gender studies, Amherst College.

Frederick Weaver is professor of economics and history at Hampshire College.

Edition details

• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0815629826
• ISBN 13: 9780815629825
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Mirsepassi Ali, Basu Amrita, Weaver Frederick