Guardians of Shi'ism: sacred authority and transnational family networks
PART I: FAMILY, STUDENTS, AND FRIENDS: FROM DYADIC TO TRANSNATIONAL NETWORKS. - 1. An Iraqi Family of Religious Scholars: Local and Transnational Networking Strategies. - 2. An Iranian Marja' in Najaf and a Foundation in London: Reproducing Interpersonal Ties across Place and over Time. - PART...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh University Press
[2015]
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Iraq
/ Iran
/ Shi'ah
/ Extended family
/ Transnational policy
B Imamites / Shi'ah / Iraq / Iran / Islam / Sayyid / Social network / Political network / Sociology / Politics / Custom / Leadership / Transnational policy |
| Further subjects: | B
Transnational policy
B Manners and customs B Interpersonal relationship B Authority B Shi'ah B State B Shīʻah Sociological aspects B Custom B Islamic countries B Exile B Religious organization B Iraq |
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| Summary: | PART I: FAMILY, STUDENTS, AND FRIENDS: FROM DYADIC TO TRANSNATIONAL NETWORKS. - 1. An Iraqi Family of Religious Scholars: Local and Transnational Networking Strategies. - 2. An Iranian Marja' in Najaf and a Foundation in London: Reproducing Interpersonal Ties across Place and over Time. - PART II: CHARITABLE POLITICS: BENEVOLENT PATRONS, BENEFICIARIES, AND THE STATE. - 3. Leadership in Patronage: The Benefits of Serving and Educating. - 4. The Priority of Charity: A Global Brand of Philanthropy in its Local Making. - PART III: THE AFFAIRS OF THE STATE: CLERICAL PARTICIPATION IN POLITICS. - 5. From Najaf to Najaf: A Family at the Forefront of Iraqi Politics. - 6. Quietist Activism: Calculated Responses to Political Turmoil Revised edition of the author's thesis |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 237-267 Teilweise zugleich: University of Oxford, thesis (doctoral), 2010 under the title "Negotiating loyalty across the Shi'i world : the transnational authority of the al-Hakim and al-Khu'i families" Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke |
| ISBN: | 1474412130 |