Doctrinal foundation. Death of a prophet
Birth of a revolutionary faith
The Karbala complex
Historical unfolding. In the battlefields of history
In the company of kings, caliphs, and conquerors
At the dawn of colonial modernity
Visual and performing arts. Shi'ism and the crisis of cultural modernity
On ressentiment and the politics of despair
Toward an aesthetics of emancipation
Contemporary contestations. Toward a new syncretic cosmopolitanism
The un/making of a politics of despair
Contemporary sites of contestation.