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From Babel to Dragomans
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East |
| image | FromBabelToDragomans.jpeg |
| author | Bernard Lewis |
| country | United States |
| language | English |
| subject | Middle East and the Islamic world |
| genre | Islamic history |
| publisher | Oxford University Press |
| pub_date | May 2, 2004 |
| media_type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback), E-book |
| pages | 456 |
| isbn | 978-0195173369 |
| oclc | 1171225675 |
From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East is a 2004 book written by Middle-East historian Bernard Lewis. The book comprises a series of scholarly essays and speeches given by Lewis over a period of four decades on the topic of the Middle East and the Islamic world.
Contents
:Chapter 1 : An Islamic mosque :Chapter 2 : From Babel to Dragomans :Chapter 3 : Middle East feasts :Chapter 4 : Iran in history :Chapter 5 : Palimpsests of Jewish history : Christian, Muslim and secular diaspora :Chapter 6 : Some notes on land, money and power in medieval Islam :Chapter 7 : An interpretation of Fatimid history :Chapter 8 : Propaganda in the pre-modern Middle East : a preliminary classification :Chapter 9 : Monarchy in the Middle East :Chapter 10 : Religion and murder in the Middle East :Chapter 11 : The Mughals and the Ottomans :Chapter 12 : Europe and the Turks : the civilization of the Ottoman empire :Chapter 13 : Europe and Islam : Muslim perceptions and experience :Chapter 14 : Cold war and detente in the sixteenth century :Chapter 15 : From pilgrims to tourists : a survey of Middle Eastern travel :Chapter 16 : The British mandate for Palestine in historical perspective :Chapter 17 : Pan-Arabism :Chapter 18 : The emergence of modern Israel :Chapter 19 : Orientalist notes on the Soviet-United Arab Republic Treaty of 27 May 1971 :Chapter 20 : A taxonomy of group hatred :Chapter 21 : Islam and the West :Chapter 22 : The Middle East, westernized despite itself :Chapter 23 : The Middle East in world affairs :Chapter 24 : Friends and enemies : reflections after a war :Chapter 25 : Return to Cairo :Chapter 26 : Middle East at prayer :Chapter 27 : At the United Nations :Chapter 28 : The anti-Zionist resolution :Chapter 29 : Right and left in Lebanon :Chapter 30 : The Shi'a :Chapter 31 : Islamic revolution :Chapter 32 : The enemies of God :Chapter 33 : The roots of Muslim rage :Chapter 34 : The other Middle East problems :Chapter 35 : Did you say "American imperialism"? : power, weakness, and choices in the Middle East :Chapter 36 : The law of Islam :Chapter 37 : Not everybody hates Saddam :Chapter 38 : Mideast states : pawns no longer in imperial games :Chapter 39 : What Saddam wrought :Chapter 40 : The "sick man" of today coughs closer to home :Chapter 41 : Revisiting the paradox of modern Turkey :Chapter 42 : We must be clear :Chapter 43 : Deconstructing Osama and his evil appeal :Chapter 44 : Targeted by a history of hatred :Chapter 45 : A time for toppling :Chapter 46 : In defense of history :Chapter 47 : First-person narrative in the Middle East :Chapter 48 : Reflections on Islamic historiography :Chapter 49 : The Ottoman archives : a source for European history :Chapter 50 : History writing and national revival in Turkey :Chapter 51 : On Occidentalism and Orientalism
References
References
- (16 May 2004). "Review: Politics: From Babel to Dragomans by Bernard Lewis". The Times.
- (17 July 2004). "Lewis gun". The Guardian.
- (2 July 2004). "From Babel to Dragomans by Bernard Lewis — Lost in Arabic translation". The Independent.
- (November 2004). "Capsule Review: From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East". Foreign Affairs.
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