Shi'ism: A Region of ProtestHarvard University Press, 7 de mai. de 2012 - 448 páginas For a Western world anxious to understand Islam and, in particular, ShiÕism, this book arrives with urgently needed information and critical analysis. Hamid Dabashi exposes the soul of ShiÕism as a religion of protestÑsuccessful only when in a warring position, and losing its legitimacy when in power. Dabashi makes his case through a detailed discussion of the ShiÕi doctrinal foundations, a panoramic view of its historical unfolding, a varied investigation into its visual and performing arts, and finally a focus on the three major sites of its contemporary contestations: Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon. In these states, ShiÕism seems to have ceased to be a sect within the larger context of Islam and has instead emerged to claim global political attention. Here we see ShiÕism in its combative modeÑreminiscent of its traumatic birth in early Islamic history. Hezbollah in Lebanon claims ShiÕism, as do the militant insurgents in Iraq, the ruling Ayatollahs in Iran, and the masses of youthful demonstrators rebelling against their reign. All declare their active loyalties to a religion of protest that has defined them and their ancestry for almost fourteen hundred years. ShiÕsm: A Religion of Protest attends to the explosive conflicts in the Middle East with an abiding attention to historical facts, cultural forces, religious convictions, literary and artistic nuances, and metaphysical details. This timely book offers readers a bravely intelligent history of a world religion. |
Conteúdo
Introduction | 1 |
I Doctrinal Foundation | 27 |
II Historical Unfolding | 101 |
III Visual and Performing Arts | 205 |
IV Contemporary Contestations | 261 |
Conclusion | 309 |
Note on Transliteration | 327 |
Arabic and Persian Glossary | 328 |
Schools of Theology Philosophy and Political Thought | 338 |
Chronology | 344 |
Notes | 348 |
385 | |
Acknowledgments | 390 |
393 | |
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