Samman is an associate professor of sociology and the director of Macalester
College's Middle East and Islamic Studies program. He specializes in the
Palestinian-Israeli conflict and other global issues. He is also interested in the rise
of Islamophobia in Europe and the United States. 

EDUCATION: BA George Washington University, MA SUNY Binghamton, PhD SUNY Binghamton

Books

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The Clash of Modernities: The Islamist Challenge to Jewish, Turkish, and Arab Nationalists (2010)

Professor Samman’s latest book, Clash of Modernities: The Islamist Challenge to Jewish, Turkish and Arab...

 

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Islam and the Modern Orientalist World-System (with Mazher al-Zo'by) (2008)
 

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Cities of God and Nationalism: Mecca, Jerusalem, and Rome as Contested Sacred World Cities (2007)

Far from spawning an age of tolerance, modernity has created the social basis of division...

 

Contributions to Books/Essays

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Die eurozentrissche Sozialtheorie „kaputtdenken, Globale, multiple und postkoloniale Modernen (2010)
 

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“Islam and the Modern Orientalist World-System”, Islam and the Orientalist World-System (2008)
 

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The Convergence of World Historical Social Science, The Modern/Colonial/Capitalist World-System: Global Processes, Antisystemic Movements, and the Geopolitics of Knowledge (2002)
 

Journal Articles

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“The Temporal Template of Tourism: A Comparative Analysis of Epcot Center (Orlando, Florida) and Wadi Rum (Jordan)”, Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (2010)
 

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Invisibilizing Palestinians, The Worlds & Knowledges Otherwise Project, Duke University (2010)
 

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Zionism and the Nationalization of Jerusalem, Macalester International (2009)
 

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“Assimilating to Power in Two Different World-Systems: An Analysis of Paul and Herzl”, Journal of World-System Research (2006)
 

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“The Social Origins of Universalistic Monotheism: A Comparative Analysis of Paul and Muhammad”, Journal of Religion and Society (2006)
 

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