Historiography in Saudi Arabia

Globalization and the State in the Middle East

Jörg Matthias Determann (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

352 Seiten

2013
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-1-78076-664-5 (ISBN)

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Saudi Arabia is generally and justifiably viewed as a country with some of the fewest democratic institutions and the weakest traditions of pluralism. It is therefore surprising to learn that at least in one corner of the Saudi world, there can be found a plurality of opinions and lively debate. Jorg Matthias Determann brings this element to light by analysing an important field of cultural activity in Saudi Arabia: historical writing. Since the 1920s local, tribal, Shi'i and dynastic histories have contributed to a growing plurality of narratives. Paradoxically, this happened because of the expansion of the Saudi state, including state provision of mass education. It was also due to globalizing processes, such as the spread of the internet. In challenging the widely-held perception of Saudi Arabia as an irredeemably closed and monolithic society, Historiography in Saudi Arabia provides a deeper understanding of modern Arab historiography, the Saudi state, and education and scholarship in the Middle East.

Jorg Matthias Determann is Assistant Professor of History at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. He was previously Postdoctoral Fellow at the Zentrum Moderner Orient and the Berlin Graduate School of Muslim Cultures and Societies, Freie Universitat Berlin, and holds a PhD in History from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. In 2013, he was one of the two joint winners of the BRISMES Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize for the best PhD dissertation on a Middle Eastern topic.

List of Figures
List of Abbreviations and Glossary
Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration, Translation and References
Dramatis Personae

Introduction
Chapter 1: Histories of a Muslim Arab Dynasty, Early Beginnings to 1960s
Chapter 2: Particularistic Local Histories, 1920s to 1970s
Chapter 3: The Saudization of Dynastic Historiography, 1960s to Present
Chapter 4: Asserting Towns, Tribes and the Shiites in National History, 1970s to Present
Chapter 5: Social and Economic Histories, 1970s to Present
Conclusion

Notes
Bibilography
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.10.2013
Zusatzinfo	3 figures
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 218 mm
Gewicht	560 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-78076-664-5 / 1780766645
ISBN-13	978-1-78076-664-5 / 9781780766645
Zustand	Neuware