Beyond Sunni and Shia

The Roots of Sectarianism in a Changing Middle East

Buch | Softcover

352 Seiten

2017
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84904-814-9 (ISBN)

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Explores the factors behind the spread of sectarian identity politics in the Middle East.

This collection seeks to advance our understanding of intra-Islamic identity conflict during a period of upheaval in the Middle East. Instead of treating distinctions between and within Sunni and Shia Islam as primordial and immutable, it examines how political economy, geopolitics, domestic governance, social media, non- and sub-state groups, and clerical elites have affected the transformation and diffusion of sectarian identities. Particular attention is paid to how conflicts over distribution of political and economic power have taken on a sectarian quality, and how a variety of actors have instrumentalised sectarianism. The volume, covering Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf, Iran, and Egypt, includes contributors from a broad array of disciplines including political science, history, sociology, and Islamic studies. Beyond Sunni and Shia draws on extensive fieldwork and primary sources to offer insights that are empirically rich and theoretically grounded, but also accessible for policy audiences and the informed public.

Frederic Wehrey is a senior fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is the author of Sectarian Politics in the Gulf: From the Iraq War to the Arab Uprisings (2013), chosen as a Best Book on the Middle East by Foreign Affairs magazine. He holds a DPhil in International Relations from Oxford University.

Introduction -- Frederic Wehrey
1. Beyond Sectarianism in the Middle East? Comparative Perspectives on Group Conflict -- Paul Dixon

PART I; THE GEOPOLITICS OF SECTARIANISM
2. The Sectarianism of the Islamic State: Ideological Roots and Political Context -- Hassan Hassan
3. The Sectarianization of the Syrian War -- Heiko Wimmen
4. Sectarianism and Iranian Foreign Policy -- Afshon Ostovar

PART II; INSTITUTIONAL SOURCES OF SECTARIANISM
5. Shia-centric State-Building and Sunni Rejection in Post-2003 Iraq -- Fanar Haddad
6. The Unraveling of Taif: The Limits of Sect-based Power-sharing in Lebanon -- Joseph Bahout
7. Twitter Wars: Sunni-Shia Conflict and Cooperation in the Digital Age -- Alexandra Siegel
8. The Political Economy of Sectarianism: How Gulf Regimes Exploit Identity Politics as a Survival Strategy -- Justin Gengler
9. The Roots of Sectarian Law and Order in the Gulf: Bahrain, the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, and the Two Historical Disruptions -- Staci Strobl

PART III; DOCTRINAL AND CLERICAL SOURCES OF SECTARIANISM
10. The Kingdom and the Caliphate: Saudi Arabia and the Islamic State -- Cole Bunzel
11. Sectarianism and Political Pragmatism: The Paradox of Egypt's al-Nour Salafis -- Stéphane Lacroix
12. Religious Authority and Sectarianism in Lebanon -- Alexander D.M. Henley

Erscheinungsdatum	23.11.2017
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
ISBN-10	1-84904-814-2 / 1849048142
ISBN-13	978-1-84904-814-9 / 9781849048149
Zustand	Neuware