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This selection of essays addresses the general aspects of social change in the Persian Gulf, as well as the specific contours of transformation in different milieus of the region. The book goes beyond the paradigms of security and rentier state to capture state-society linkages, women's role in knowledge economy and social reforms, the directions of democratization, changing dynamics of cities like Dubai, and the interplay of the sacred and secular in the Gulf. ...
This study represents an attempt to investigate the cultural component of India-West Asia relations from various angles. It is an attempt to fill the vacuum in existing literature on cultural aspects of India-West Asia relations. It not only contributes to the cultural aspects of India-West Asia relations but also reflects the concern over some of the deep-rooted and widely-held myths regarding clash of civilization thesis and globalisation. Cultural relations ...
This book is an attempt to analyse the evolution of territorial orbit of the Jewish national identity through three seminal events in the Jewish history, namely Diaspora, emigration to Palestine and the creation of the State of Israel. Parallel to it, this work seeks to analyse how space and memory as constituents of Jewish identity are refashioned in each stage in nationalist history, mustering up three overlapping areas of humanities and social science, viz. ...