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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460073403321

Autore

Weiss Max <1977->

Titolo

In the shadow of sectarianism [[electronic resource] ] : law, Shi'ism, and the making of modern Lebanon / / Max Weiss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-674-05957-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (357 p.)

Disciplina

305.6/9782095692

Soggetti

Shīʻah - Lebanon

Status (Law) - Lebanon

Religion and state - Lebanon

Electronic books.

Lebanon Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.