Format:
vii, 447 Seiten
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23 cm
ISBN:
9780870785566
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0870785567
Content:
Pluralism and rights are under threat from communal violence, authoritarianism, and religious identity politics. How is the Middle East attempting to create more inclusive rights and citizenship? How do religious and nonreligious minorities envision their future in the region? On what basis can communities enjoy citizenship or seek rights in an era when law increasingly draws on religion and majoritarianism for its legitimacy? In this volume, researchers and activists draw on extensive fieldwork to open a new line of discussion in the Middle East as well as among Western policymakers. The question of belonging is more urgent than ever, as governments promote a simplistic discourse that opposes secularism and promotes a Muslims-versus-Christians or Sunni-versus-Shia read of contemporary conflicts. (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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Literaturhinweise, Register
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Reviving the quest for universal rights : overcoming religious objections and other taboos that stymie political debate
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PART 1: THEORIES OF BELONGING
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The dark path of minority politics : why privileging minorities will only perpetuate the Syrian catastrophe
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The retreat from universalism in the Middle East and the world : intellectual shifts and the demise of inclusive identities
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The waning relevance of the Sunni-Shia divide : receding violence reveals the true contours of "sectarianism" in Iraqi politics
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Lebanon, the sectarian identity test lab : a troubled history yields new frames for citizenship and identity
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Beirut Madinati and the prospects for urban citizenship : the city as a stage for effective political action
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A realm without rights : noncitizen workers and exclusive citizenship in the Gulf
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Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East : interview
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Moving feminism out of its silo : interview
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PART 2: HISTORICAL ROOTS
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The Arab world's liberal-Islamist schism turns 100 : a colonial-era legacy that helps dictators rule today
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Arab secularism's assisted suicide : a brief history of Arab political discourse on religion and the state
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Turkey's troubled experiment with secularism : lessons from Turkey's struggle to balance democracy and Laiklik
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Creating a constituency for secularism : interview
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PART 3: EXPERIMENTS IN PRACTICE
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The social justice blind spots in the new Arab constitutions : how socioeconomic rights have been ignored since 2011
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Innovative Arab media and the new outlines of citizenship : a collaborative vision builds stronger journalism across the region
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Kurdish nationalism at an impasse : why Iraqi Kurdistan is losing its place at the center of Kurdayeti
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Social engineering in Samarra : an Iraqi Shia militia experiments with nationalism in a Sunni city
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Pluralism lost in Syria's uprising : how the opposition strayed from its inclusive roots
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Excluded and unequal : Copts on the margins of the Egyptian security state
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Secular-Islamist teamwork : interview
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The crisis of LGBTQ communities in Egypt : interview
Language:
English
Keywords:
Naher Osten
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Politische Bewegung
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Bürgerrecht
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Pluralistische Gesellschaft
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Staatsbürger
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Identität
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Integration
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Aufsatzsammlung
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