Peace out of reach : Middle Eastern travels and the search for reconciliation / Stephen Eric Bronner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bronner, Stephen Eric, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conflict management--Middle East.

Conflict management.

Middle East--Politics and government--1979-.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Turmoil in the Middle East has escalated to unprecedented levels in the twenty-first century. Opposing cultural, religious, and political forces have resumed old conflicts and spawned new ones, fighting with words and images as well as bombs and bullets. The path toward peace and reconciliation seems further away and less clear than ever. Stephen Eric Bronner's Peace Out of Reach is both a deeply personal account and a careful analysis of the crises currently threatening the cradle of civilization. Bronner's insights into Middle Eastern tensions are significantly enhanced by his extensive t

Contents:

Cosmopolitan engagements

Lessons from Afghanistan

The Iraqi debacle : democracy, desperation, and the ethics of war

Twilight in Tehran

Syria and its president : a meeting with Bashar al-Assad

Withdrawal pains : Gaza, Lebanon, and the future of Palestine

The Middle East spills over : the Sudan and the crisis in Darfur

Conspiracy then and now : history, politics, and the anti-semitic imagination

Incendiary images : blasphemous cartoons, cosmopolitan responsibility, and critical engagement

Of reason and faith : on the former Cardinal Josef Ratzinger

False antinomies : on religious conviction and human rights.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-178) and index.

ISBN:

9786613233172

9781283233170

1283233177

9780813172576

0813172578

OCLC:

181103901