https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/The-History-and-Future-of-Assyriology https://booksandideas.net/The-History-and-Future-of-Assyriology 2024-05-14T05:00:00Z text/html en Catherine Valenti History university Middle East French major schools archeology Cairn.info <p>A recent book traces the rich history of Assyriology, from pioneers such as Oppert and Grotefend, through the major institutions that have contributed to its development, to today's research projects. This is a portrait of a surprisingly contemporary science.</p> https://booksandideas.net/The-Origins-of-the-Islamic-State-3377 https://booksandideas.net/The-Origins-of-the-Islamic-State-3377 2016-04-28T07:00:00Z text/html en Marieke Louis Islam democracy identity violence terrorism Middle East war Institut français <p>The Islamic State (<span class="caps">IS</span>) was not born miraculously in the summer of 2014. Its origins lie in the intertwined histories of Iraq and Syria over the past twenty years. Loulouwa Al Rachid and Matthieu Rey untangle <span class="caps">IS</span>'s complex heritage, bequeathed to it both by Baathist authoritarianism and the United States' intervention in Iraq.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Allies-once-but-forever-rivals https://booksandideas.net/Allies-once-but-forever-rivals 2012-09-07T07:20:58Z text/html en Myriam Yakoubi France Great Britain History imperialism Middle East <p>Was the Franco-British rivalry in the Middle East the driving force behind the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? After the First World War, as they were determined to hold on to their mandates—Syria and Lebanon for France, Iraq and Palestine for Britain—the two countries secretly worked to destroy each other by fuelling revolts and terrorism.</p>