Eastern Cauldron

Islam, Afghanistan, Palestine and Iraq in a Marxist Mirror

Gilbert Achcar author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Pluto Press

Published:20th May '04

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From the resurgence of Islamic fundamentalism, to the fate of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, and the Palestinian conflict, this volume brings together Gilbert Achcar's major writings on these issues over the past decades.

Achcar analyses the social bases, strategies and tactics of PLO, Hizbollah, Israel and the United States from the establishment of the state of Israel to the second Intifada. He pinpoints the contradictions of the Israeli state - seeking at the same time to be Jewish and yet democratic - and the impact of these contradictions on all parties to the conflict.

Informed by strong moral and political commitments, Eastern Cauldron is aims to produce a better understanding of the conflicts of the region.

'Informed by strong moral and political commitments but is never limited to polemic. His work demonstrates the immense capacities of Marxism to illuminate economic, political and ideological developments without losing sight of their concrete singularity and their complex interconnection. His analyses are supple and inventive, and consistently informed by reflection on rival traditions of political thought and a deep knowledge of the region' -- Monthly Review Press

ISBN: 9780745322049

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 515g

256 pages