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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
Subject
  • Hizballah (Lebanon) > History
  • Shiites > Lebanon > Politics and government
  • Shiites > Lebanon > Social conditions
  • Islam and politics > Lebanon > History
  • Communism > Lebanon > History
  • Social change > Lebanon > History
  • Lebanon > Politics and government
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.
ISBN
  • 9780815633723
  • 0815633726
  • 9780815653011 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2014031582
OCLC
  • ocn889210894
  • SCSB-14458039
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library