Bibliograph

The Shiʼites of Lebanon, modernism, communism, and Hizbullah's Islamists, Rula Jurdi Abisaab and Malek Abisaab

Type

Label

The Shiʼites of Lebanon, modernism, communism, and Hizbullah's Islamists, Rula Jurdi Abisaab and Malek Abisaab

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Shiʼites of Lebanon

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

897017232

Responsibility statement

Rula Jurdi Abisaab and Malek Abisaab

Series statement

Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms

Sub title

modernism, communism, and Hizbullah's Islamists

Table Of Contents

Prologue -- The Shiʻites and Grand Liban -- Education, modernism, and anticolonial struggle -- Communists in the Ulama's homes : economic shifts, religious culture, and the state -- The "Shiʼite communist," the clerical movement, and the Islamists in Iraq -- Shiʻite discontent : Sayyid Musa al-Sadr and the Left -- Political Islam and the formation of Hizbullah -- The Islamists and civil society -- The Islamists : modernity and predicament of the nation-state -- Conclusion

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