Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 409 Seiten)
ISBN:
9780190942953
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
This collection seeks to advance our understanding of intra-Islamic identity conflict during a period of upheaval in the Middle East. Instead of treating distinctions between and within Sunni and Shia Islam as primordial and immutable, it examines how political economy, geopolitics, domestic governance, social media, non- and sub-state groups, and clerical elites have affected the transformation and diffusion of sectarian identities. Particular attention is paid to how conflicts over distribution of political and economic power have taken on a sectarian quality, and how a variety of actors have instrumentalised sectarianism. The volume, covering Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf, Iran, and Egypt, includes contributors from a broad array of disciplines including political science, history, sociology, and Islamic studies.
Note:
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: February 2019
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780190876050
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780190876050
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780190876050.001.0001
Author information:
Wehrey, Frederic
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