Shi'ism: a religion of protest
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.]
The Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press
2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Islam
/ Shi'ah
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| Further subjects: | B
Shīʿah
History
B Shīʿah Doctrines History |
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Inhaltsbeschreibung Table of Contents (Publisher) Blurb (Publisher) |
| Item Description: | Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-389) and index. - Doctrinal foundation. Death of a prophet -- Birth of a revolutionary faith -- The Karbala complex -- Historical unfolding. In the battlefields of history -- In the company of kings, caliphs, and conquerors -- At the dawn of colonial modernity -- Visual and performing arts. Shi'ism and the crisis of cultural modernity -- On ressentiment and the politics of despair -- Toward an aesthetics of emancipation -- Contemporary contestations. Toward a new syncretic cosmopolitanism -- The un/making of a politics of despair -- Contemporary sites of contestation |
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| Physical Description: | XVIII, 413 S., Ill., Kt., 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-04945-1 0-674-04945-4 |
