The Culture of Sectarianism: Community, History, and Violence in Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Lebanon

by Ussama Makdisi

Book Overview

Focusing on Ottoman Lebanon, Ussama Makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular country. His study challenges those who have viewed sectarian violence as an Islamic response to westernization or simply as a product of social and economic inequities among religious groups. The religious violence of the nineteenth century, which culminated in sectarian mobilizations and massacres...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520218469
• ISBN13: 9780520218468
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 8.9"