The Shi'ites of Lebanon: Modernism, Communism, and Hizbullah's Islamists

by Rula Jurdi Abisaab and Malek Abisaab

Book Overview

The complex history of Lebanese Shi'ites has traditionally been portrayed as rooted in religious and sectarian forces. The Abisaabs uncover a more nuanced account in which colonialism, the modern state, social class, and provincial politics profoundly shaped Shi'i society.
The authors trace the sociopolitical, economic, and intellectual transformation of the Shi'ites of Lebanon from 1920 during the French colonial period until the late twentieth...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815633726
• ISBN13: 9780815633723
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"