Archive Wars: The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia

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Archive Wars: The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia

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The production of history is premised on the selective erasure of certain pasts and the artifacts that stand witness to them. From the elision of archival documents to the demolition of sacred and secular spaces, each act of destruction is also an act of state building. Following the 1991 Gulf War, political elites in Saudi Arabia pursued these dual projects of historical commemoration and state formation with greater fervor to enforce their postwar vision for state, nation, and economy. Seeing Islamist movements as the leading threat to state power, they sought to de-center religion from educational, cultural, and spatial policies.

Black and white photographs

Paperback

416 pages

Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.048 cm

ISBN: 9781503612570

Publisher: Standford Press University

Published (date) September 22,2020

Country of publication: Palo Alto,United States

Weight: 0.6 kg

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Rosie Bsheer is an Assistant Professor of History at Harvard University.

Founded in 1892, Stanford University Press (SUP) publishes 130 books a year across the humanities, social sciences, law and business, informing scholarly debate, generating global and cross-cultural discussion and bringing timely, peer-reviewed scholarship to the wider reading public. Numerous recent accolades include the Hayek Book Award and an NAACP Image Award nomination, while its authors and their books frequently appear in impactful media outlets and leading academic journals. At the leading edge of both print and digital dissemination of innovative research, with more than 3,000 books currently in print, SUP is a publisher of ideas that matter and books that endure.

Rosie Bsheer is an Assistant Professor of History at Harvard University.

Founded in 1892, Stanford University Press (SUP) publishes 130 books a year across the humanities, social sciences, law and business, informing scholarly debate, generating global and cross-cultural discussion and bringing timely, peer-reviewed scholarship to the wider reading public. Numerous recent accolades include the Hayek Book Award and an NAACP Image Award nomination, while its authors and their books frequently appear in impactful media outlets and leading academic journals. At the leading edge of both print and digital dissemination of innovative research, with more than 3,000 books currently in print, SUP is a publisher of ideas that matter and books that endure.

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