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200 10$aShi'ism $ea religion of protest /$fHamid Dabashi
210   $aCambridge, Mass. $cBelknap Press of Harvard University Press$d2011
215   $a1 online resource (448 p.) 
300   $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aDoctrinal foundation. Death of a prophet -- Birth of a revolutionary faith -- The Karbala complex -- Historical unfolding. In the battlefields of history -- In the company of kings, caliphs, and conquerors -- At the dawn of colonial modernity -- Visual and performing arts. Shi'ism and the crisis of cultural modernity -- On ressentiment and the politics of despair -- Toward an aesthetics of emancipation -- Contemporary contestations. Toward a new syncretic cosmopolitanism -- The un/making of a politics of despair -- Contemporary sites of contestation.
330   $aFor a Western world anxious to understand Islam and, in particular, Shi?ism, this book arrives with urgently needed information and critical analysis. Hamid Dabashi exposes the soul of Shi?ism as a religion of protest?successful only when in a warring position, and losing its legitimacy when in power.
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