The clergy and the modern Middle East : Shi' i political activism in Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon / Mohammad R. Kalantari.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kalantari, Mohammad R., author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and politics--Middle East.

Islam and politics.

Shīʻah.

Clergy.

Political participation.

Middle East.

Shīʻah--Clergy--Political activity--Middle East.

Middle East--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages)

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Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.

Place of Publication:

London [England] : I.B. Tauris, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Intro

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Content

Figures

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction

Shi' i clerical political activism

Shi' i clerical political activism and opportunity structures

Shi' i clerical political activism in Iran, Iraq and Lebanon

Demystifying the role of Shi' i clerics in politics of the modern Middle East

Chapter 2: Shi' i clerical authority: Structures and functions

Early Shi' i political doctrines

The abandoned Ummah: Shi' i clerical authority and the Occultation era

The formation and consolidation of the office of Shi' i Marja'iyya

Chapter 3: Shi' i clergy political activism: A modern history

The early mujtahids

Mujtahids in the aftermath of the Shi' i Safavid dynasty

The Russo-Persian Wars: The Jihadi mujtahids

The tobacco revolt: A case of Shi' i transnationalism

Mujtahids and the Persian Constitutional Revolution: Disparate or deceived?

Chapter 4: Iran 1979: The birth of the mujtahid statesmen

The rise of the Pahlavi and the Iranian mujtahids

The interregnum era, and the permissive context for clerical activism

Mujtahids and the Iranian national movement: A case of a missed opportunity?

Burujirdi's inheritors and the modern Iran

The 1963 Uprising: The formation of revolutionary Shi' ism in Iran

The political posture of the leader: The Ayatollah on the path to becoming the Imam

Performative theory: The modernized guardianship of the jurist

The power of mujtahids' solidarity in Iran

The establishment of the Islamic Republic

Chapter 5: Iraq 2003: The pragmatic Shi' i mujtahids

From Ottoman to independent Iraq: Iranian mujtahids and Iraqi politics

The 1920 Uprising in Iraq: Active mujtahids, failed revolt

The Republic of Iraq: A permissive context for Shi' i political movements

An Arab mujtahid: The political posture(s) of Muhsin Al-Hakim

Shi' i activism and its mission in Iraq: The case of Muhamamd Baqir Sadr

Ba' thist Iraq, a closed structure, and Khoei's political posture

The Iran-Iraq War: Shi' ism, Arabism and Iraqism

The 1991 Uprising: Broken promises and missed opportunities

The power of Mujtahids' solidarity in Iraq

A pragmatic mujtahid: Sistani and post-Saddam Iraq

Chapter 6: Lebanon 2006: The networked Shi' i mujtahids

Second-class citizens: The Shi' is of Lebanon

Independent Lebanon: The outcast Shi' i community

The Republic of Lebanon: The Shi' is plea for new leadership

The Reformist mujtahid: Musa Sadr's perceptions and postures

The Islamic Republic of Iran, and birth of revolutionary Shi' ism in Lebanon

Lebanese mujtahids in the political arena: The establishment of Hezbollah

The clash of Shi' i political activism: AMAL and Hezbollah

The power of mujtahids' solidarity in Lebanon: The politics of resistance

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1838605576

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1838605592

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