wyszukanych pozycji: 8
Know Thy Enemy: Evolving Attitudes towards "Others" in Modern Shiʿi Thought and Practice
ISBN: 9789004439207 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 12 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In Know Thy Enemy, Meir Litvak analyzes the re-articulations of the “Others” in modern Shiʿism, as a novel way to examine the formulation of modern Shiʿi identity and place in the world. Among these others, which have transformed into "enemies" in the modern period are the West, apostates, Wahhabism, Jews, Baha'is and feminism. Looking at the rhetorical themes that Shiʿi writers use, the book demonstrates the contrast between the collective positive “We” and the negative threatening "Other" as a major principle in the evolution of Shiʻism as the minority branch of Islam. It...
In Know Thy Enemy, Meir Litvak analyzes the re-articulations of the “Others” in modern Shiʿism, as a novel way to examine the formulation of mode...
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507,68 zł |
Shi'i Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq: The 'Ulama' of Najaf and Karbala'
ISBN: 9780521623568 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The shrine cities of Najaf and Karbala in nineteenth-century Ottoman Iraq were the most important Shi'i centers of learning. In the first in-depth study of the period, Meir Litvak explores the social and political dynamics of these communities and the historical development of Shi'i leadership. In this context, the book not only contributes to the historical debates, but also more broadly to an understanding of modern Shi'ism. It will appeal to historians of the Middle East, Islam, and to students of comparative religion.
The shrine cities of Najaf and Karbala in nineteenth-century Ottoman Iraq were the most important Shi'i centers of learning. In the first in-depth stu...
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548,92 zł |
Constructing Nationalism in Iran: From the Qajars to the Islamic Republic
ISBN: 9781138213227 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Nationalism has played an important role in the cultural and intellectual discourse of modernity that emerged in Iran from the late nineteenth century to the present, promoting new formulations of collective identity and advocating a new and more active role for the broad strata of the public in politics. The essays in this volume seek to shed light on the construction of nationalism in Iran in its many manifestations; cultural, social, political and ideological, by exploring on-going debates on this important and progressive topic. Nationalism has played an important role in the cultural and intellectual discourse of modernity that emerged in Iran from the late nineteenth cent... |
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702,94 zł |
Shi'i Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq: The 'Ulama' of Najaf and Karbala'
ISBN: 9780521892964 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The shrine cities of Najaf and Karbala in nineteenth-century Ottoman Iraq were the most important Shi'i centers of learning. In the first in-depth study of the period, Meir Litvak explores the social and political dynamics of these communities and the historical development of Shi'i leadership. In this context, the book not only contributes to the historical debates, but also more broadly to an understanding of modern Shi'ism. It will appeal to historians of the Middle East, Islam, and to students of comparative religion.
The shrine cities of Najaf and Karbala in nineteenth-century Ottoman Iraq were the most important Shi'i centers of learning. In the first in-depth stu...
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334,56 zł |
Constructing Nationalism in Iran: From the Qajars to the Islamic Republic
ISBN: 9780367275303 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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208,23 zł |
Palestinian Collective Memory and National Identity
ISBN: 9780230613065 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. This book analyzes the evolution and cultivation of modern Palestinian collective memory and its role in shaping Palestinian national identity from its inception in the 1920s to the 2006 Palestinian elections.
This book analyzes the evolution and cultivation of modern Palestinian collective memory and its role in shaping Palestinian national identity from it...
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194,08 zł |
Martyrdom and Sacrifice in Islam: Theological, Political and Social Contexts
ISBN: 9781784535087 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Martyrdom in the Muslim world is increasingly integral to conversations about international security. Over the years, the belief system around self sacrifice has become key to understanding the Middle East and its political relationships with the West, although much of the literature and conversation has been restricted to modern concepts of jihadism. The recent spate of scholarship relating to suicide bombers and jihadists studies these concepts without a broader understanding of the principle of martyrdom. This book expands on the chronology of self-sacrifice within Islam and contextualizes...
Martyrdom in the Muslim world is increasingly integral to conversations about international security. Over the years, the belief system around self sa...
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676,90 zł |
From Empathy to Denial: Arab Responses to the Holocaust: 2015
ISBN: 9789654938020 / Hebrajski / Miękka / 2015 / 438 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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197,32 zł |