In the shadow of sectarianism : law, Shi'ism, and the making of modern Lebanon

In the shadow of sectarianism : law, Shi'ism, and the making of modern Lebanon / Max Weiss.

"Contrary to the conventional wisdom that sectarianism is intrinsically linked to violence, bloodshed, or social disharmony, Max Weiss uncovers the complex roots of Shi'i sectarianism in twentieth-century Lebanon

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weiss, Max, 1977-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Shīʿah > Lebanon.
Status (Law) > Lebanon.
Religion and state > Lebanon.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Ethnic relations
Religion and state
Shīʻah
Status (Law)
Schiiten.
Politik.
Lebanon > Ethnic relations.
Lebanon
Libanon.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : Shiʻism, sectarianism, modernity
  • The incomplete nationalization of Jabal ʻAmil
  • The modernity of Shiʻi tradition
  • Institutionalizing personal status
  • Practicing sectarianism
  • Adjudicating society at the Jaʻfari court
  • ʻAmili Shiʻis into Shiʻi Lebanese?
  • Epilogue : Making Lebanon sectarian.

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