Sectarianism Without Sects - Hardcover

Bishara, Azmi

 
9780197602744: Sectarianism Without Sects
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ISBN 10: 0197602746 ISBN 13: 9780197602744
Verlag: Oxford Univ Pr, 2021

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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.

Bishara documents the role played by internal and external factors and rivalries among political elites in the formulation of sectarian identity, citing both historical and contemporary models. He contends that sectarianism does not derive from sect, but rather that sectarianism resurrects the sect
in the collective consciousness and reproduces it as an imagined community under modern political and historical conditions.

Sectarianism without Sects is a vital resource for engaging with the sectarian crisis in the Arab world. It provides a detailed historical background to the emergence of sect in the region, as well as a complex theoretical exploration of how social identities have assumed political significance in
the struggle for power over the state.

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Azmi Bishara is General Director of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, and the author of numerous works on political thought, social theory
and philosophy. His most influential in Arabic include Civil Society: A Critical Contribution; The Arab Question; and Religion and Secularism in a Historical Context.

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Verlag
Oxford Univ Pr
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0197602746
ISBN 13 
9780197602744
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Anzahl der Seiten
421
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