1. Hard realities : population growth and economic stagnation -- 2. From imperialism to the new world order : the Middle East in search of a future -- 3. The strange career of Pan-Arabism.- 4. The shaping of foreign policy : the myth of the Middle East madman.- 5. Military dictatorship and political tradition in the Middle East.- 6. Profane and sacred politics : the ends of power in the Middle East.- 7. Islam as a political system.- 8. Jihad and the politics of salvation.- 9. Women in public life : Islamic perspectives, Middle Eastern realities.- 10. Islam and human rights.- Toward a conclusion-between memory and desire