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The Shi`ites of Lebanon

Abisaab, Rula Jurdi.

The Shi`ites of Lebanon modernism, communism, and Hizbullah's Islamists / [electronic resource] : Rula Jurdi Abisaab and Malek Abisaab. - First edition. - Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue -- The Shi`ites and Grand Liban -- Education, modernism, and anticolonial struggle -- Communists in the `Ulama's homes : economic shifts, religious culture, and the state -- The "Shi`ite communist," the clerical movement, and the Islamists in Iraq -- Shi`ite discontent : Sayyid Musa al-Sadr and the Left -- Political Islam and the formation of Hizbullah -- The Islamists and civil society -- The Islamists : modernity and predicament of the nation-state -- Conclusion.

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Hizballah (Lebanon)--History.


Social change--History.--Lebanon
Communism--History.--Lebanon
Islam and politics--History.--Lebanon
Shiites--Social conditions.--Lebanon
Shiites--Politics and government.--Lebanon


Lebanon--Politics and government.


Electronic books.

DS80.55.S54 / A25 2014

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