In the Shadow of Sectarianism : Law, Shiʿism, and the Making of Modern Lebanon / Max Weiss.
2010
DS80.55.S54 W45 2010eb
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Title
In the Shadow of Sectarianism : Law, Shiʿism, and the Making of Modern Lebanon / Max Weiss.
Author
Weiss, Max, author.
ISBN
9780674059573
Published
Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, [2010]
Copyright
©2010
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource (356 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.4159/9780674059573 doi
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DS80.55.S54 W45 2010eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.6 9782095692
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.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
Maps
Prologue: Shi'ism, Sectarianism, Modernity
1 The Incomplete Nationalization of Jabal 'Amil
2 The Modernity of Shi'i Tradition
3 Institutionalizing Personal Status
4 Practicing Sectarianism
5 Adjudicating Society at the Ja'fari Court
6 'Amili Shi'is into Shi'i Lebanese?
Epilogue: Making Lebanon Sectarian
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
Contents
Preface
Maps
Prologue: Shi'ism, Sectarianism, Modernity
1 The Incomplete Nationalization of Jabal 'Amil
2 The Modernity of Shi'i Tradition
3 Institutionalizing Personal Status
4 Practicing Sectarianism
5 Adjudicating Society at the Ja'fari Court
6 'Amili Shi'is into Shi'i Lebanese?
Epilogue: Making Lebanon Sectarian
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index