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Age of coexistence :

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0520971744

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9780520971745

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9780520258884

Title Proper

Age of coexistence :

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[Book]

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the ecumenical frame and the making of the modern Arab world /

First Statement of Responsibility

Ussama Makdisi.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Oakland, California :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of California Press,

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[2019]

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©2019

Date

1910

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Introduction: the ecumenical frame -- Religious difference in an Imperial Age -- The crucible of sectarian violence -- Coexistence in an age of genocide -- Colonial pluralism -- Sectarianism and antisectarianism in the post-Ottoman Arab world -- The breaking of the ecumenical frame: Arab and Jew in Palestine.

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"Today's headlines paint the Middle East as a collection of war-torn countries and extremist groups consumed by sectarian rage. Ussama Makdisi's Age of Coexistence reveals a hidden and hopeful story that counters this clichéd portrayal. It shows how a region rich with ethnic and religious diversity created a modern culture of coexistence amid Ottoman reformation, European colonialism, and the emergence of nationalism. Moving from the nineteenth century to the present, this groundbreaking book explores, without denial or equivocation, the politics of pluralism during the Ottoman Empire and in the post-Ottoman Arab world. Rather than judging the Arab world as a place of age-old sectarian animosities, Age of Coexistence describes the forging of a complex system of coexistence, what Makdisi calls the "ecumenical frame." He argues that new forms of antisectarian politics, and some of the most important examples of Muslim-Christian political collaboration, crystallized to make and define the modern Arab world. Despite massive challenges and setbacks, and despite the persistence of colonialism and authoritarianism, this framework for coexistence has endured for nearly a century. It is a reminder that religious diversity does not automatically lead to sectarianism. Instead, as Makdisi demonstrates, people of different faiths, but not necessarily of different political outlooks, have consistently tried to build modern societies that transcend religious and sectarian differences"--Provided by publisher.

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JSTOR

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22573/ctvp2dwz1

Title

Age of coexistence.

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9780520258884

Cultural pluralism-- Middle East-- History.

Cultural pluralism.

HISTORY-- Middle East-- General.

Religious aspects of war.

Middle East, History, Religious aspects.

Middle East.

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POL-- 059000

REL-- 025000

SOC-- 008000

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Makdisi, Ussama Samir,1968-

Date of Transaction

20200822115227.0

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[Book]

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