The clash of ideas in world politics
Subtitle: transnational networks, states, and regime change, 1510-2010
By: John M. Owen
Series: Princeton studies in international history and politics; Princeton studies in international history and politics
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780691142388; 9780691142395
Subjects: Ideology; Islam and world politics; World politics; Regime change; Transnationalism; History
Other titles: Transnational networks, states, and regime change, 1510-2010
Description: Some blame the violence and unrest in the Muslim world on Islam itself, arguing that the religion and its history is inherently bloody. Others blame the United States, arguing that American attempts to spread democracy by force have destabilized the region, and that these efforts are somehow radical or unique. Challenging these views, The Clash of Ideas in World Politics reveals how the Muslim world is in the throes of an ideological struggle that extends far beyond the Middle East, and how struggles like it have been a recurring feature of international relations since the dawn of the modern.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-319) and index.
Table of contents: title: Forcible regime change, then and now; title: The agents : transnational networks and governments; title: The structures : transnational ideological contests; title: Church and state, 1510-1700; title: Crown, nobility, and people, 1770-1870; title: Individual, class, and state, 1910-1990; title: Mosque and state, 1923; title: The future of forcible regime promotion; title: Appendix.