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Sectarianism without sects / Azmi Bishara.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: London : Hurst & Company, 2021Description: 1 online resource (320 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197610886 (ebook) :Subject(s): Sects -- Social aspects | Religion and politics
| Secularism | Sects -- Social aspects -- Arab countries | Religion and politics -- Arab countriesAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197602744DDC classification: 305.6 LOC classification: BL60Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
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.
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