Order out of Chaos : : Islam, Information, and the Rise and Fall of Social Orders in Iraq /

Order out of Chaos : : Islam, Information, and the Rise and Fall of Social Orders in Iraq / / David Siddhartha Patel.

Order out of Chaos explains why Iraqis turned to the mosque after state collapse. In 2003, the US-led invasion of Iraq destroyed the Bathist state. Yet, despite this, the citizens of Basra established predictable routines of daily life and social order as the familiar and customary structures of sta...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
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Patel, David Siddhartha,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Religion and Conflict
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.) :; 2 b&w halftones, 7 maps, 1 chart
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Note on Transliteration
  • 1 ORDER, AUTHORITY, AND IDENTITY
  • 2 THE SANCTIONS-ERA ROOTS OF POSTINVASION DEVELOPMENTS
  • 3 COLLAPSE
  • 4 THE EMERGENCE OF LOCAL ORDERS
  • 5 THE GEOGRAPHY OF ORDER
  • 6 AYATOLLAHS’ NETWORKS AND NATIONAL AUTHORITY
  • 7 THE LIMITS OF SUNNI RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY
  • 8 BEYOND BASRA AND BEYOND SERMONS
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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