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100	1		_aMakdisi, Ussama Samir, _d1968- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAge of coexistence : _bthe ecumenical frame and the making of the modern Arab world / _cUssama Makdisi.
250			_afirst edition.
264	3	1	_aOakland, California : _bUniversity of California Press, _c[2019]
300			_axiii, 296 pages.
336			_atext _2rdacontent _btxt
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia _bn
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier _bnc
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 261-286) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: the ecumenical frame -- Religious difference in an Imperial Age -- The crucible of sectarian violence -- Coexistence in an age of genocide -- Colonial pluralism -- Sectarianism and antisectarianism in the post-Ottoman Arab world -- The breaking of the ecumenical frame: Arab and Jew in Palestine.
520			_a"Today's headlines paint the Middle East as a collection of war-torn countries and extremist groups consumed by sectarian rage. Ussama Makdisi's Age of Coexistence reveals a hidden and hopeful story that counters this clichéd portrayal. It shows how a region rich with ethnic and religious diversity created a modern culture of coexistence amid Ottoman reformation, European colonialism, and the emergence of nationalism. Moving from the nineteenth century to the present, this groundbreaking book explores, without denial or equivocation, the politics of pluralism during the Ottoman Empire and in the post-Ottoman Arab world. Rather than judging the Arab world as a place of age-old sectarian animosities, Age of Coexistence describes the forging of a complex system of coexistence, what Makdisi calls the "ecumenical frame." He argues that new forms of antisectarian politics, and some of the most important examples of Muslim-Christian political collaboration, crystallized to make and define the modern Arab world. Despite massive challenges and setbacks, and despite the persistence of colonialism and authoritarianism, this framework for coexistence has endured for nearly a century. It is a reminder that religious diversity does not automatically lead to sectarianism. Instead, as Makdisi demonstrates, people of different faiths, but not necessarily of different political outlooks, have consistently tried to build modern societies that transcend religious and sectarian differences"--Provided by publisher.
650	1	4	_aCultural pluralism
650	1	4	_aSocial Sciences
650	1	4	_aModern Arab World
651		0	_aMiddle East _xHistory _xReligious aspects.
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