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Sectarianism without sects / Azmi Bishara.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bishārah, ʻAzmī, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion and state.
- Secularism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- This volume analyses the transformation of social sectarianism into political sectarianism across the Arab world. Using a framework of social theories and socio-historical analysis, the book distinguishes between 'ta'ifa', or 'sect', and modern 'ta'ifiyya', 'sectarianism', arguing that sectarianism itself produces 'imaginary sects'. It charts and explains the evolution of these phenomena and their development in Arab and Islamic history, as distinct from other concepts used to study religious groups within Western contexts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-765032-5
- 0-19-761088-9
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