Sectarianism without sects /
Bishåarah, °Azmåi,
Sectarianism without sects / Azmi Bishara. - 1 online resource (320 pages). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
Also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume analyses the transformation of social sectarianism into political sectarianism across the Arab world. Using a framework of social theories and socio-historical analysis, the book distinguishes between 'ta'ifa', or 'sect', and modern 'ta'ifiyya', 'sectarianism', arguing that sectarianism itself produces 'imaginary sects'. It charts and explains the evolution of these phenomena and their development in Arab and Islamic history, as distinct from other concepts used to study religious groups within Western contexts.
Specialized.
9780197610886 (ebook) : No price
Sects--Social aspects.
Religion and politics.
Secularism.
Sects--Social aspects--Arab countries.
Religion and politics--Arab countries.
BL60
305.6
Sectarianism without sects / Azmi Bishara. - 1 online resource (320 pages). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
Also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume analyses the transformation of social sectarianism into political sectarianism across the Arab world. Using a framework of social theories and socio-historical analysis, the book distinguishes between 'ta'ifa', or 'sect', and modern 'ta'ifiyya', 'sectarianism', arguing that sectarianism itself produces 'imaginary sects'. It charts and explains the evolution of these phenomena and their development in Arab and Islamic history, as distinct from other concepts used to study religious groups within Western contexts.
Specialized.
9780197610886 (ebook) : No price
Sects--Social aspects.
Religion and politics.
Secularism.
Sects--Social aspects--Arab countries.
Religion and politics--Arab countries.
BL60
305.6