Journal of Mediterranean Studies, Volume 14, Issues 1-2Mediterranean Institute, University of Malta, 2004 |
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... Area Studies . At first sight , such a mentality seems to be something reserved to various subfields of Area Studies . If different regions are perceived as distinct spheres with dynamics of their own , and if emphasis is more on field ...
... Area Studies . At first sight , such a mentality seems to be something reserved to various subfields of Area Studies . If different regions are perceived as distinct spheres with dynamics of their own , and if emphasis is more on field ...
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... Area Studies ? Although the academic and specialised study of the ' Orient ' in its Orientalist incarnation was of European origin and invented during the last part of the 18th Century ( Rodinson 1974 ; 1987 ) , contemporary MES is an ...
... Area Studies ? Although the academic and specialised study of the ' Orient ' in its Orientalist incarnation was of European origin and invented during the last part of the 18th Century ( Rodinson 1974 ; 1987 ) , contemporary MES is an ...
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the 1990s some of the large American foundations withdrew their support to Area Studies just as the Social Science Research Council ( SSRC ) and the American Council of Learned Societies ( ACLS ) dissolved their joint area studies ...
the 1990s some of the large American foundations withdrew their support to Area Studies just as the Social Science Research Council ( SSRC ) and the American Council of Learned Societies ( ACLS ) dissolved their joint area studies ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Theorising the political in the Middle East | 17 |
Disciplinarity and | 47 |
Copyright | |
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