Shi'ism : a religion of protest /
"For a Western world anxious to understand Islam and, in particular, Shi'ism, this book arrives with urgently needed information and critical analysis. Hamid Dabashi exposes the soul of Shi'ism as a religion of protest - successful only when in a warring position, and losing its legit...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2011.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 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.