In the Shadow of Sectarianism : Law, Shiʿism, and the Making of Modern Lebanon / Max Weiss.

9780674059573

Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, [2010]

©2010

English

In English.

1 online resource (356 p.)

10.4159/9780674059573 doi

DS80.55.S54 W45 2010eb

305.6 9782095692

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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