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In the shadow of sectarianism : law, Shi'ism, and the making of modern Lebanon / Max Weiss.

By: Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.Description: [xiii], 341 p. : maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780674052987 :
  • 0674052986 :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS80.55.S54 W45 2010
Contents:
Prologue : Shiʻism, sectarianism, modernity -- The incomplete nationalization of Jabal ʻAmil -- The modernity of Shiʻi tradition -- Institutionalizing personal status -- Practicing sectarianism -- Adjudicating society at the Jaʻfari court -- ʻAmili Shiʻis into Shiʻi Lebanese? -- Epilogue : Making Lebanon sectarian.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-321) and index.

Prologue : Shiʻism, sectarianism, modernity -- The incomplete nationalization of Jabal ʻAmil -- The modernity of Shiʻi tradition -- Institutionalizing personal status -- Practicing sectarianism -- Adjudicating society at the Jaʻfari court -- ʻAmili Shiʻis into Shiʻi Lebanese? -- Epilogue : Making Lebanon sectarian.

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