Patriotic Ayatollahs : Nationalism in Post-Saddam Iraq /
Patriotic Ayatollahs explores the contributions of senior clerics in state and nation-building after the 2003 Iraq war. Caroleen Sayej suggests that the four so-called Grand Ayatollahs, the highest-ranking clerics of Iraqi Shiism, took on a new and unexpected political role after the fall of Saddam...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2018.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : the making and unmaking of Iraq
- The ayatollahs and the struggle to maintain legitimacy in the new public sphere
- Sistani, guardian of the democratic process
- Sistani, a guide only
- Quietists turned activists?
- Local and regional sectarian narratives
- Conclusion : rethinking religion and politics : Iraq and beyond.