Sunnis and Shi'a : a political history of discord / Laurence Louër ; translated by Ethan Rundell.
Sunnis and Shi'a : a political history of discord / Laurence Louër ; translated by Ethan Rundell.
Sunnis and Shi'a : a political history of discord / Laurence Louër ; translated by Ethan Rundell.
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020]
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G 2020/4207
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Language
English
French
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Physical content
227 pages : color maps ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Caliphate and Imamate -- Rivalry and convergence -- Islam as ideology: Sunni and Shi'a Islamism -- An Islamist international? -- From Pan-Islamism to Sectarianism -- Iraq: On the frontier of Sunnism and Shi'ism -- Bahrain: The legacy of a conquest -- Pakistan: From Muslim state to Islamic state -- P...
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Publisher
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
[2020]
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Summary
"This book is a historical and sociological reading of the relation between Sunnis and Shias from the inception of the dispute for Mohammed's succession until today. It is divided in two parts. The first part offers a comprehensive history of the divide. It shows how Shiism was, during much of the Middle Ages, the main contestation ideology of the...
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Sunnis and Shi'a : a political history of discord / Laurence Louër ; translated by Ethan Rundell.
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Maps on lining pages.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-218) and index.
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Translated from the French.
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G 2020/4207
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74VKavGB6aPy
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ISBN
0691186618
9780691186610
DDC
297.8042
MMS ID
991024357392602626
