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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weiss, Max, 1977-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shīʻah--Lebanon.

Shīʻah.

Status (Law)--Lebanon.

Status (Law).

Religion and state--Lebanon.

Religion and state.

Lebanon--Ethnic relations.

Lebanon.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using Arabic-language sources that have never before been studied or analyzed, Max Weiss paints a nuanced picture of sectarianism in Lebanon under the French Mandate. He demonstrates that sectarianism evolved long before the phenomenon known as “political Shi’ism.” This groundbreaking and deeply researched book is not merely narrative history; it also incorporates some of the latest critical theory about religious modernity and colonialism. Weiss illustrates the power of sectarianism as both a conceptual category and as a set of practices which can be a force for good and positive change as well as for division and destruction. By foregrounding historical forces that shape and direct sectarianism, he also shows how dimensions of sectarianism that no longer serve a society can be overcome with time.

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674059573

0674059573

OCLC:

709593095