Beyond Sunni and Shia : the roots of sectarianism in a changing Middle East / Frederic Wehrey.
Contributor(s): Wehrey, Frederic M [editor.]
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190942953 (ebook) :Subject(s): Religious discrimination -- Middle East | Religious discrimination -- Africa, North | Muslims -- Ethnic identity | Middle East -- Ethnic relations | Africa, North -- ReligionAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190876050DDC classification: 305.6970956 LOC classification: DS44Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This collection seeks to advance our understanding of intra-Islamic identity conflict during a period of upheaval in the Middle East. Instead of treating distinctions between and within Sunni and Shia Islam as primordial and immutable, it examines how political economy, geopolitics, domestic governance, social media, non- and sub-state groups, and clerical elites have affected the transformation and diffusion of sectarian identities. Particular attention is paid to how conflicts over distribution of political and economic power have taken on a sectarian quality, and how a variety of actors have instrumentalised sectarianism. The volume, covering Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf, Iran, and Egypt, includes contributors from a broad array of disciplines including political science, history, sociology, and Islamic studies.
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Previously issued in print: 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This collection seeks to advance our understanding of intra-Islamic identity conflict during a period of upheaval in the Middle East. Instead of treating distinctions between and within Sunni and Shia Islam as primordial and immutable, it examines how political economy, geopolitics, domestic governance, social media, non- and sub-state groups, and clerical elites have affected the transformation and diffusion of sectarian identities. Particular attention is paid to how conflicts over distribution of political and economic power have taken on a sectarian quality, and how a variety of actors have instrumentalised sectarianism. The volume, covering Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf, Iran, and Egypt, includes contributors from a broad array of disciplines including political science, history, sociology, and Islamic studies.
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