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Author: Roschanack Shaery-Eisenlohr
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 023114427X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnnotation By providing a new framework for understanding Shi'ite national politics in Lebanon, Roschanack Shaery-Eisenlohr recasts the relationship between religion and nationalism in the Middle East
Author: Christoph Marcinkowski
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 3643800495
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe current political events surrounding the Iranian nuclear crisis, the precarious situation in Lebanon, as well as the still unsettled fate of Iraq have resulted in a renewed interest in the Shi'ite dimension of Islam among political observers. This volume covers the phenomenon of political assertiveness among contemporary Shi'ite Muslims in the Middle East, as well as among converts in Southeast Asia. It argues that Shi'ite identities are often based on local cultural heritage and history and are - contrary to what is usually assumed by the wider public - not to be considered monolithic. Christoph Marcinkowski, award-winning Professor of Islamic Studies and Interreligious Relations at Germany's Catholic University of Eichstatt-Ingolstadt and the author of "Religion and Politics in Iraq," is currently working for Germany's Federal Interior Ministry and CIBEDO (the Christian-Muslim dialogue forum of the German Catholic Bishops' Conference) on a survey of Shi'ite organisations in Germa
Author: Sabrina Mervin
Publisher: Hurst Publishers
Published: 2013-05-29
Total Pages: 361
ISBN-13: 1849042179
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSheds light on the political, sociological and ideological processes that are affecting the dynamics of Sunni-Shia relations
Author: Alessandro Monsutti
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9783039112890
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShia Islam is a central issue in contemporary politics. Often associated with Iran, Shiite communities actually exist in many Islamic countries. Focusing on the «other Shiites» outside Iran, this book offers a survey of their diversity and multiplicity in the last two centuries. The contributions cover three major topics. The first part deals with the relationship of Shia minorities to the Sunni regimes. Secondly the public affirmation of their identities through specific rituals and social attitudes is analysed. Finally, the third part of this volume examines the strengthening of these identities through traditional religious rituals and cultural performances, or through the re-interpretation and adaptation of these to present-day life. Coming from various academic backgrounds, the authors have used different methodologies and have been engaged in field-work.
Author: Laurence Louër
Publisher: Hurst Publishers
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 343
ISBN-13: 1849042144
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book illuminates the historical origins and present situation of militant Shia transnational networks by focusing on three key countries in the Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, whose Shia Islamic groups are the offspring of Iraqi movements. The reshaping of the area's geopolitics after the Gulf War and the fall of Saddam Hussein in April 2003 have had a profound impact on transnational Shiite networks, pushing them to focus on national issues in the context of new political opportunities. For example, from being fierce opponents of the Saudi monarchy, Saudi Shiite militants have tended to become upholders of the Al-Sa'ud dynasty.The question remains, however, how deeply in society have these new beliefs taken root? Can Shiites be Saudi or Bahraini patriots? Louer concludes her book by analysing the transformation of the Shia' movements' relation to central religious authority, the marja', who reside either in Iraq and Iran. This is all the more problematic when the marja' is also the head of a state, as with Ali Khamenei of Iran, who has many followers in Bahrain and Kuwait.
Author: Peter J. Chelkowski
Publisher: Seagull Books
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 448
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKTime Out of Memory: Ta'ziyeh, the Total Drama by Peter J. Chelkowski The Ta'ziyeh of the Martyrdom of Hussein translated and with an introduction by Rebecca Ansary Pettys The Origins of the Sunnite-Shiite Divide and the Emergence of the Ta'ziyeh Tradition by Kamran Scot Aghaie Muharram Ceremonies observed in Tehran by Ilya Nicolaevich Berezin (1843) by Jean and Jacqueline Calmard Acting Styles and Actor Training in Ta'ziyeh by William O. Beeman and Mohammad B. Ghaffari Identification and Analysis of the Scenic Space in Traditional Iranian Theater by Mohammad Reza Khaki; translated by Iraj Anvar Peripheral Ta'ziyeh: The Transformation of Ta'ziyeh from Muharram Mourning Ritual to Secular and Comical Theatre by Iraj Anvar A View from the Inside: The Anatomy of the Persian Ta'ziyeh Plays by Sadegh Homayouni Garden of the Brave in War: Recollections of Iran by Terence O'Donnell Karbala Drag Kings and Queens by Negar Mottahedeh Compelling Reasons to Sing: The Music of Ta'ziyeh by Stephen Blum Ta'ziyeh as Theatre of Protest by Hamid Dabashi Shi'ite Narratives of Karbala and Christian Rites of Penance: Michel Foucault and the Culture of the Iranian Revolution, 1978-79 by Janet Afary Moses and the Wandering Dervish: Ta'ziyeh at Trinity College by Milla Cozart Riggio Mohammad B. Ghaffari, Ta'ziyeh Director: an interview with Peter J. Chelkowski Presenting Ta'ziyeh at Lincoln Center by Nigel Redden Ta'ziyeh in France: The Ritual of Renewal at the Festival d'Automne by Alain Crombecque Ta'ziyeh in Parma by Anna Vanzan Remembering Ta'ziyeh in Iraq by Elizabeth Fernea Ritual, Blood, and Shiite Identity: Ashura in Nabatiyya, Lebanon by Augustus Richard Norton Shiite Theater in South Lebanon: Some Notes on The Karbala Drama and the Sabaya by Sabrina Mervin Flagellation and Fundamentalism: (Trans)forming Meaning, Identity, and Gender though Pakistani Women's Rituals of Mourning By Mary Elaine Hegland The Heart of Lament: Pakistani-American Muslim Women's Azadari Rituals by Bridget Blomfield From the Sun-Scorched Desert of Iran to the Beaches of Trinidad: Ta'ziyeh's Journey from Asia to the Caribbean by Peter J. Chelkowski.
Author: Shibley Telhami
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780801487453
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShibley Telhami and Michael Barnett, together with experts on Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, and Syria, explore how the formation and transformation of national and state identities affect the foreign policy behavior of Middle Eastern states.
Author: Mahmood Monshipouri
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780812241815
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Muslims in Global Politics, Mahmood Monshipouri examines the role identity plays in the political dynamics of six different Muslim nations—Egypt, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Iran, and Indonesia—as well as in Muslim diaspora communities in Europe and North America.
Author: Toby Matthiesen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1107043042
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book traces the politics of the Shia in the oil-rich Eastern Province of Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia since the nineteenth century.
Author: Antonius C. G. M. Robben
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2012-01-24
Total Pages: 673
ISBN-13: 0470657154
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNewly revised, Ethnographic Fieldwork: An Anthropological Reader Second Edition provides readers with a picture of the breadth, variation, and complexity of fieldwork. The updated selections offer insight into the ethnographer’s experience of gathering and analyzing data, and a richer understanding of the conflicts, hazards and ethical challenges of pursuing fieldwork around the globe. Offers an international collection of classic and contemporary readings to provide students with a broad understanding of historical, methodological, ethical, reflexive and stylistic issues in fieldwork Features 16 new articles and revised part introductions, with additional insights into the experience of conducting ethnographic fieldwork Explores the importance of fieldwork practice in achieving the core theoretical and methodological goals of anthropology Highlights the personal and professional challenges of field researchers, from issues of professional identity, fieldwork relations, activism, and the conflicts, hazards and ethical concerns of community work.
