Monthly Archives: June 2008
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Is Sudan Transitioning to a post-Islamist State?
Islamism and Post-Islamism Islamism has been defined as “˜political Islam’ or a “˜politicized Islam.’ It emerged as the major Western diagnostic reference for “˜extremism’ in Muslim ... -
Complex Emergencies and the Humanitarian Enterprise
Posted by Angela Raven-Roberts. David Keen has written a very readable and approachable book tackling a complex subject and tracing its multiple representations, interpretations and modes ... -
Putting the Complex into Complex Emergencies
Posted on behalf of Michael Barnett. David Keen certainly puts the complex into complex emergencies. Combining critical theorizing and detailed knowledge of conflict zones around the ... -
Reading Wars Actively
Complex Emergencies emanates from lectures renowned for their capacity to challenge MSc students (I was one of them) and encourage new ways of thinking. The book ... -
Complex Emergencies
On page 115 of his recent book Complex Emergencies, David Keen writes, “For those familiar with this famine [1988 in southwest Kordofan and Bahr el Ghazal] ... -
Is Sudan a “Post Islamist” State? III
This last few days, this blog has launched a discussion on political Islam in Sudan, focusing on the recent book The First Islamist Republic: Development and ...