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The Shiʼites of Lebanon : modernism, communism, and Hizbullah's Islamists / Rula Jurdi Abisaab and Malek Abisaab.
Van Pelt Library DS80.55.S54 A25 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abisaab, Rula Jurdi, author.
- Abisaab, Malek, author.
- Series:
- Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hizballah (Lebanon).
- Shiites--Lebanon--Politics and government.
- Shiites.
- Shiites--Lebanon--Social conditions.
- Islam and politics--Lebanon--History.
- Islam and politics.
- Hizballah (Lebanon)--History.
- Social change.
- History.
- Communism.
- Social conditions.
- Politics and government.
- Lebanon--Politics and government.
- Lebanon.
- Communism--Lebanon--History.
- Social change--Lebanon--History.
- Physical Description:
- xxxvi, 350 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Shiites of Lebanon
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2014.
- Contents:
- Prologue
- The Shiʻites and Grand Liban
- Education, modernism, and anticolonial struggle
- Communists in the Ulama's homes : economic shifts, religious culture, and the state
- The "Shiʼite communist," the clerical movement, and the Islamists in Iraq
- Shiʻite discontent : Sayyid Musa al-Sadr and the Left
- Political Islam and the formation of Hizbullah
- The Islamists and civil society
- The Islamists : modernity and predicament of the nation-state
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780815633723
- 0815633726
- OCLC:
- 889210894
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