From Babel to Dragomans

From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East is a 2004 book written by Middle-East historian Bernard Lewis. The book comprises a series of scholarly essays and speeches given by Lewis over a period of four decades on the topic of the Middle East and the Islamic world.[1][2][3][4]

From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East
AuthorBernard Lewis
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMiddle East and the Islamic world
GenreIslamic history
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date
May 2, 2004
Media typePrint (Hardcover, Paperback), E-book
Pages456
ISBN978-0195173369
OCLC1171225675

Contents
Chapter 1 : An Islamic mosque
Chapter 2 : From Babel to Dragomans
Chapter 3 : Middle East feasts
Chapter 4 : Iran in history
Chapter 5 : Palimpsests of Jewish history : Christian, Muslim and secular diaspora
Chapter 6 : Some notes on land, money and power in medieval Islam
Chapter 7 : An interpretation of Fatimid history
Chapter 8 : Propaganda in the pre-modern Middle East : a preliminary classification
Chapter 9 : Monarchy in the Middle East
Chapter 10 : Religion and murder in the Middle East
Chapter 11 : The Mughals and the Ottomans
Chapter 12 : Europe and the Turks : the civilization of the Ottoman empire
Chapter 13 : Europe and Islam : Muslim perceptions and experience
Chapter 14 : Cold war and detente in the sixteenth century
Chapter 15 : From pilgrims to tourists : a survey of Middle Eastern travel
Chapter 16 : The British mandate for Palestine in historical perspective
Chapter 17 : Pan-Arabism
Chapter 18 : The emergence of modern Israel
Chapter 19 : Orientalist notes on the Soviet-United Arab Republic Treaty of 27 May 1971
Chapter 20 : A taxonomy of group hatred
Chapter 21 : Islam and the West
Chapter 22 : The Middle East, westernized despite itself
Chapter 23 : The Middle East in world affairs
Chapter 24 : Friends and enemies : reflections after a war
Chapter 25 : Return to Cairo
Chapter 26 : Middle East at prayer
Chapter 27 : At the United Nations
Chapter 28 : The anti-Zionist resolution
Chapter 29 : Right and left in Lebanon
Chapter 30 : The Shi'a
Chapter 31 : Islamic revolution
Chapter 32 : The enemies of God
Chapter 33 : The roots of Muslim rage
Chapter 34 : The other Middle East problems
Chapter 35 : Did you say "American imperialism"? : power, weakness, and choices in the Middle East
Chapter 36 : The law of Islam
Chapter 37 : Not everybody hates Saddam
Chapter 38 : Mideast states : pawns no longer in imperial games
Chapter 39 : What Saddam wrought
Chapter 40 : The "sick man" of today coughs closer to home
Chapter 41 : Revisiting the paradox of modern Turkey
Chapter 42 : We must be clear
Chapter 43 : Deconstructing Osama and his evil appeal
Chapter 44 : Targeted by a history of hatred
Chapter 45 : A time for toppling
Chapter 46 : In defense of history
Chapter 47 : First-person narrative in the Middle East
Chapter 48 : Reflections on Islamic historiography
Chapter 49 : The Ottoman archives : a source for European history
Chapter 50 : History writing and national revival in Turkey
Chapter 51 : On occidentalism and orientalism

References
  1. Pryce-Jones, David (16 May 2004). "Review: Politics: From Babel to Dragomans by Bernard Lewis". The Times. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  2. Miles, Oliver (17 July 2004). "Lewis gun". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  3. Irwin, Robert (2 July 2004). "From Babel to Dragomans by Bernard Lewis — Lost in Arabic translation". The Independent. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  4. L. Carl, Brown (November 2004). "Capsule Review: From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East". Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
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