Middle Eastern Politics and Historical Memory

DEDICATORY PREFACE
INTRODUCTION


PART ONE: IMAGINED HISTORY AND CONTEMPORANEOUS
POLITICAL BEHAVIOR

-ESSAY 1-
RECOVERING AND INVOKING AN IDEALIZED ISLAMIC PAST
Problems and Approaches to Competing Narratives and Historical Memories
-ESSAY 2-
MYTHS OF MARTYRDOM AND REBELLION
Recalling Muslim Self Sacrifice and Tribal Virtues of Manliness and Honor
-ESSAY 3-
MARTYRDOM VERSUS LOW PROFILE POLITICS
Interpreting the Past for Alternative Paths toward Regime Change and Political Legitimacy
-ESSAY 4-
'BEING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY'
The Concept and Praxis of a Proper Islamic Revolution


PART TWO: IDENTITY POLITICS AND NATION BUILDING
IN THE MODERN NEAR EAST

-ESSAY 5-
FORGING NATIONAL IDENTITIES IN THE MODERN ARAB NATION STATE
Inventing Legacies of Near and Distant Histories
-ESSAY 6-
THE HOLY LAND, CANAAN, AND ARABIA: THE QUEST FOR ARAB POLITY
Inventing an Ancient Past in Response to Zionism
-ESSAY 7-
THE USES AND MISUSES OF MODERN BIBLICAL SCHOLARSHIP
Academic Politics and National Identity: Egypt, Israel, and Palestine