Delatolla, A orcid.org/0000-0001-9597-1325 (2021) Civilization and the Making of the State in Lebanon and Syria. Middle East Today . Palgrave Macmillan , Cham, Switzerland ISBN 9783030576899
Abstract
This book argues that the modern state, from the nineteenth century to the contemporary period, has consistently been used as a means to measure civilizational engagement and attainment. This volume historicizes this dynamic, examining how it impacted state-making in Lebanon and Syria. By putting social, political, and economic pressure on the Ottoman Empire to replicate the modern state in Europe, the book examines processes of racialization, nationalist development, continued imperial expansion, and resistance that became embedded in the state as it was assembled. By historicizing post-imperial and post-colonial state formation in Lebanon and Syria, it is possible to engage in a conceptual separation from the modern state, abandoning the ongoing reproduction of the state as a standard, or benchmark, of civilization and progress.
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Item Type: | Book |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > Arabic & Middle Eastern Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 30 Jun 2021 13:22 |
Last Modified: | 30 Jun 2021 13:22 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Series Name: | Middle East Today |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/978-3-030-57690-5 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:171449 |