by Bassam Tibi · Suhrkamp · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783518282502
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«Vom Gottesreich zum Nationalstaat» is the historical essay by Bassam Tibi, published by Suhrkamp in paperback (313 pages, in German).
The book analyses the relationship between Islam and pan-Arab nationalism through the formation of nation-states in Europe and the experience of oppressed and colonised peoples. From a historical and sociopolitical perspective, it studies the genesis of nationalism in the Arab world and the role of religion in national identity.
The book is number 650 in the Suhrkamp-Taschenbuch Wissenschaft series and corresponds to the third edition, published in 2001.
Aimed at readers of contemporary history and political science interested in Islam, Arab nationalism and state-building in the Middle East.
Bassam Tibi, is a Syrian-born German political scientist and professor of international relations specializing in Islamic studies and Middle Eastern studies. He was born in 1944 in Damascus, Syria to an aristocratic family, and moved to West Germany in 1962, where he later became a naturalized citizen in 1976.
