In the Shadow of Sectarianism : : Law, Shiʿism, and the Making of Modern Lebanon / / Max Weiss.
Contrary to the conventional wisdom that sectarianism is intrinsically linked to violence, bloodshed, or social disharmony, Max Weiss uncovers the complex roots of Shiʿi sectarianism in twentieth-century Lebanon.The template for conflicted relations between the Lebanese state and Shiʿi society arose...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2010] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (356 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Maps
- Prologue: Shi‘ism, Sectarianism, Modernity
- 1 The Incomplete Nationalization of Jabal ‘Amil
- 2 The Modernity of Shi‘i Tradition
- 3 Institutionalizing Personal Status
- 4 Practicing Sectarianism
- 5 Adjudicating Society at the Ja‘fari Court
- 6 ‘Amili Shi‘is into Shi‘i Lebanese?
- Epilogue: Making Lebanon Sectarian
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index