Radical Histories of the Middle East: Contested Modernity: Sectarianism, Nationalism, and Colonialism in Bahrain

Radical Histories of the Middle East: Contested Modernity: Sectarianism, Nationalism, and Colonialism in Bahrain
Omar H AlShehabi
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h216 x 135mm - 288pg
4 Apr 2019 UK
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9781786072917
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Discussions of the Arab world, particularly the Gulf States, increasingly focus on sectarianism and autocratic rule. These features are often attributed to the dominance of monarchs, Islamists, oil, and `ancient hatreds'. To understand their rise, however, one has to turn to a largely forgotten but decisive episode with far-reaching repercussions - Bahrain under British colonial rule in the early twentieth century.Drawing on a wealth of previously unexamined Arabic literature as well as British archives, Omar AlShehabi details how sectarianism emerged as a modern phenomenon in Bahrain. He shows how absolutist rule was born in the Gulf, under the tutelage of the British Raj, to counter nationalist and anti-colonial movements tied to the al-Nahda renaissance in the wider Arab world. A groundbreaking work, Contested Modernity challenges us to reconsider not only how we see the Gulf but the Middle East as a whole.

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Contested Modernity: Sectarianism, Nationalism, and Colonialism in Bahrain

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ISBN-13: 9781786072917
Published: 4 Apr 2019
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Oneworld Publications
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Format: Hardback
Height: 216mm
Width: 135mm
Pages: 288

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