Securitising identity: the case of the Saudi State
"Why has the relationship between the state and the Islamic revivalist movement known commonly as 'Wahhabism' persisted under Saudi rule since 1744? In Securitising Identity Ben Rich traces the symbiosis between these two entities across three distinct periods of Saudi rule over the p...
| Subtitles: | Securitizing identity |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Carlton, Victoria
MUP Academic, an imprint of Melbourne University Publishing
2017
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| In: |
Islamic studies series (24)
Year: 2017 |
| Series/Journal: | Islamic studies series
24 |
| IxTheo Classification: | BJ Islam |
| Further subjects: | B
Nation
B Integration B Wahhābīyah B Islam (Saudi Arabia) History 21st century B Unification movement B Islam and politics B Social Conditions B History B Security policy B Internal policy B Nation (university) B Ideology Religious aspects Islam B National unity B Saudi Arabia B Saudi Arabia Social conditions 21st century B Saudi Arabia Politics and government 21st century B Islam and state (Saudi Arabia) History B Legitimacy B Wahhābīyah (Saudi Arabia) History |
| Summary: | "Why has the relationship between the state and the Islamic revivalist movement known commonly as 'Wahhabism' persisted under Saudi rule since 1744? In Securitising Identity Ben Rich traces the symbiosis between these two entities across three distinct periods of Saudi rule over the past four centuries, showcasing the consistent conditions, patterns of behaviour and political logics that surround their interplay. Collectively, these reveal a recurrent tendency in which the state paradoxically offers protections to the preservation of revivalism while generating threats against this same religious identity in order to ensure its hold on power. Such a pattern, he argues, not only transcends all discrete periods of Saudi rule, but also manifests regardless of the conservative or progressive nature of a particular administration. Understanding such a pattern not only helps to explain why Saudi Arabia today remains a source of regional sectarianism, but also how such an idiomatic ideology has endured..."--back cover |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 175-183, Register |
| Physical Description: | vi, 192 Seiten, Illustrationen, Karten, 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 0522871143 |