Nationalism, Transnationalism, and Political Islam - Hizbullah's Institutional Identity

This book sheds light on how Hizbullah has transformed religious rituals and supernatural narratives in order to mobilize the Shi'a community. The author examines how Hizbullah has altered its institutional structure and reconstructed Lebanese Shi'a history in a manner similar to that of nationalist movements. Through fieldwork and research, the project finds that Hizbullah has centralized around the concept of Wilayat al-Fagih (Gaurdianship of the Islamic Jurists): in essence, the absolute authority of Iran's Supreme Leader over the Shi'a "nation."

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction: The Construction of Hizbullah's Identity.- Chapter 2: The Role of Hizbullah's Institutions in the Reconstruction of Shi'i Identity.- Chapter 3: The Reconstructed History of the Lebanese Shi'a.- Chapter 4: Hizbullah's Reconstruction of History.- Chapter 5: The Supernatural in Hizbullah's Identity.- Chapter 6: Transnational Wilayat al-Faqih.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Mohanad Hage Ali is Lecturer at the Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon. He is also Director of Communications at the Carnegie Middle East Center, Beirut, Lebanon. 

Zusammenfassung

Emphasizes the relevance of nationalism studies to Islamic Movements
Introduces the Hizbullah’s previously unpublished narratives
Provides new research of the organization’s institutions from within

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Mohanad Hage Ali
• Verlag: Springer, Berlin
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319868622
• ISBN: 978-3-31-986862-2
• Seiten: 249
• Abmessung: 163 mm x 212 mm x 15 mm
• Gewicht: 349 g
• Illustration: XIII, 249 p. 4 illus. in color.
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politisches System; Islam, Verstehen, Naher Osten, B, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Soziale Gruppen: religiöse Gemeinschaften, Sociology of Religion, Terrorismus, bewaffneter Kampf, Middle East, world history, General & world history, Religion & politics, Terrorism, armed struggle, Religious issues & debates, Political Science and International Studies, Religion and Politics, Terrorism, Political Violence, World History, Global and Transnational History, Religion and sociology, Middle East—Politics and government, Middle Eastern Politics, Terrorism and Political Violence, Religion and Society, Politics and Religion