{"product_id":"the-arab-world-society-culture-and-state-2","title":"The Arab World: Society, Culture, and State","description":"This wide-ranging examination of Arab society and culture offers a unique opportunity to know the Arab world from an Arab point of view. Halim Barakat, an expatriate Syrian who is both scholar and novelist, emphasizes the dynamic changes and diverse patterns that have characterized the Middle East since the mid-nineteenth century.\n\nThe Arab world is not one shaped by Islam, nor one simply explained by reference to the sectarian conflicts of a \"mosaic\" society. Instead, Barakat reveals a society that is highly complex, with many and various contending polarities. It is a society in a state of becoming and change, one whose social contradictions are at the root of the struggle to transcend dehumanizing conditions. Arguing from a perspective that is both radical and critical, Barakat is committed to the improvement of human conditions in the Arab world.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0520084276\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 56JPY7000F25_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Barakat, Halim\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is a well used but readable copy. Integrity of the book is still intact with no missing pages. May have considerable notes or highlighting.  Cover image on the book may vary. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47643728969905,"sku":"56JPY7000F25_ns","price":7.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/0520084276-0_b7b2764b-da3c-4fe8-a1f9-ea37c27f9ab8.jpg?v=1782584480","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/the-arab-world-society-culture-and-state-2","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}