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Imams and Emirs: State, Religion, and Sechts in Islam - Couverture souple

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Khuri, Fuad I.

 
9780863560378: Imams and Emirs: State, Religion, and Sechts in Islam
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0863560377 ISBN 13 : 9780863560378
Editeur : Saqi Books, 2001

Synopsis

A comparative study of Islamic sects in the contemporary Arab world, this book focuses on the Sunni, the Shi'a, the Alawis and the Druzes. The author examines dogma, ecological, historical and structural variables, religious ideology, modern state structures, nationalism and elitism.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Fuad I Khuri was a distinguished Lebanese writer and academic. Among his many teaching appointments, he has been Visiting Professor at the Universities of Chicago and Oregon, and Professor of Social Anthropology at the American University of Beirut. He has written widely on the contemporary Arab world, covering topics such as social and cultural change, tribal and peasant societies, and religious organisation in Islam. He died in 2003.

Présentation de l'éditeur

A comparative study of Islamic sects in the contemporary Arab world, this book focuses on the Sunni, the Shi'a, the Alawis and the Druzes. The author examines dogma, ecological, historical and structural variables, religious ideology, modern state structures, nationalism and elitism.

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Éditeur
Saqi Books
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0863560377
ISBN 13 
9780863560378
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
270
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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