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The Shiʼites of Lebanon : modernism, communism, and Hizbullah's Islamists

Title
The Shiʼites of Lebanon : modernism, communism, and Hizbullah's Islamists / Rula Jurdi Abisaab and Malek Abisaab.
Author
Abisaab, Rula Jurdi
Publication
Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2014.

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Additional Authors
Abisaab, Malek
Description
xxxvi, 350 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms
Uniform Title
Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms.
Alternative Title
Shiites of Lebanon
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Call Number
JFE 15-1009
ISBN
  • 9780815633723
  • 0815633726
  • 9780815653011 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2014031582
OCLC
889210894
Author
Abisaab, Rula Jurdi, author.
Title
The Shiʼites of Lebanon : modernism, communism, and Hizbullah's Islamists / Rula Jurdi Abisaab and Malek Abisaab.
Publisher
Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2014.
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms
Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Abisaab, Malek, author.
Research Call Number
JFE 15-1009
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