Nationalism, Transnationalism, and Political Islam (eBook)

Hizbullah's Institutional Identity

Mohanad Hage Ali (Autor)

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2017 | 1st ed. 2018
XIII, 249 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-60426-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This book sheds light on how Hizbullah has transformed religious rituals and supernatural narratives in order to mobilize the Shi'a community. The author examines how Hizbullah has altered its institutional structure and reconstructed Lebanese Shi'a history in a manner similar to that of nationalist movements. Through fieldwork and research, the project finds that Hizbullah has centralized around the concept of Wilayat al-Fagih (Gaurdianship of the Islamic Jurists): in essence, the absolute authority of Iran's Supreme Leader over the Shi'a 'nation.'

Mohanad Hage Ali is Lecturer at the Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon. He is also Director of Communications at the Carnegie Middle East Center, Beirut, Lebanon. 

Inhalt

1. Introduction: The Construction of Hizbullah's Identity2. The Role of Hizbullah's Institutions in the Reconstruction of Shi'i Identity3. The Reconstructed History of the Lebanese Shi'a4. Hizbullah's Reconstruction of History5. The Supernatural in Hizbullah's Identity6. Transnational Wilayat al-Faqih7. Conclusion 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.9.2017
• Zusatzinfo: XIII, 249 p. 4 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Gaurdianship of the Islamic Jurists • Iran’s Supreme Leader • Iran’s Supreme Leader • Islamic Movements • Islamic rituals • Jihad • Lebanese Shi’i • Lebanese Shi’i • Nationalism • Religion and Society • ShiÊ¿i nation • Shi'i nation • Shiism • Shiʿi nation • Supernatural Narratives • Wilayat al-Fagih
• ISBN-10: 3-319-60426-0 / 3319604260
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-60426-8 / 9783319604268