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1089246
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bc10533
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English
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| Main Entry
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Kalantari, Mohammad R.
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The clergy and the modern Middle East : : Shi' i political activism in Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon /\ Mohammad R. Kalantari.
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First edition.
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| Publication Statement
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London [England] :: I.B. Tauris,, 2021.
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[London, England] :: Bloomsbury Publishing,, 2021
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1 online resource (272 pages)
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| ISBN
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9781838605575
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: 1838605576
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: 9781838605599
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: 1838605592
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9781838605568
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| Contents
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Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Content -- Figures -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Shi' i clerical political activism -- Shi' i clerical political activism and opportunity structures -- Shi' i clerical political activism in Iran, Iraq and Lebanon -- Demystifying the role of Shi' i clerics in politics of the modern Middle East -- Chapter 2: Shi' i clerical authority: Structures and functions -- Early Shi' i political doctrines -- The abandoned Ummah: Shi' i clerical authority and the Occultation era
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The formation and consolidation of the office of Shi' i Marja'iyya -- Chapter 3: Shi' i clergy political activism: A modern history -- The early mujtahids -- Mujtahids in the aftermath of the Shi' i Safavid dynasty -- The Russo-Persian Wars: The Jihadi mujtahids -- The tobacco revolt: A case of Shi' i transnationalism -- Mujtahids and the Persian Constitutional Revolution: Disparate or deceived? -- Chapter 4: Iran 1979: The birth of the mujtahid statesmen -- The rise of the Pahlavi and the Iranian mujtahids -- The interregnum era, and the permissive context for clerical activism
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Mujtahids and the Iranian national movement: A case of a missed opportunity? -- Burujirdi's inheritors and the modern Iran -- The 1963 Uprising: The formation of revolutionary Shi' ism in Iran -- The political posture of the leader: The Ayatollah on the path to becoming the Imam -- Performative theory: The modernized guardianship of the jurist -- The power of mujtahids' solidarity in Iran -- The establishment of the Islamic Republic -- Chapter 5: Iraq 2003: The pragmatic Shi' i mujtahids -- From Ottoman to independent Iraq: Iranian mujtahids and Iraqi politics
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The 1920 Uprising in Iraq: Active mujtahids, failed revolt -- The Republic of Iraq: A permissive context for Shi' i political movements -- An Arab mujtahid: The political posture(s) of Muhsin Al-Hakim -- Shi' i activism and its mission in Iraq: The case of Muhamamd Baqir Sadr -- Ba' thist Iraq, a closed structure, and Khoei's political posture -- The Iran-Iraq War: Shi' ism, Arabism and Iraqism -- The 1991 Uprising: Broken promises and missed opportunities -- The power of Mujtahids' solidarity in Iraq -- A pragmatic mujtahid: Sistani and post-Saddam Iraq
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Chapter 6: Lebanon 2006: The networked Shi' i mujtahids -- Second-class citizens: The Shi' is of Lebanon -- Independent Lebanon: The outcast Shi' i community -- The Republic of Lebanon: The Shi' is plea for new leadership -- The Reformist mujtahid: Musa Sadr's perceptions and postures -- The Islamic Republic of Iran, and birth of revolutionary Shi' ism in Lebanon -- Lebanese mujtahids in the political arena: The establishment of Hezbollah -- The clash of Shi' i political activism: AMAL and Hezbollah -- The power of mujtahids' solidarity in Lebanon: The politics of resistance
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| Abstract
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"The Shi' i clergy are amongst the most influential political players in the Middle East. For decades, scholars and observers have tried to understand the balance of power between, Shi' i 'quietism' and 'activism'. The book is based on exclusive interviews with high-profile Shi' i clerics in order to reveal how the Shi' i clerical elite perceives its role and engages in politics today. The book focuses on three ground-breaking events in the modern Middle East: the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, the 2003 Iraq War, and the 2006 July war in Lebanon. By examining the nature and evolution of a Shi' i clerical network the book finds that, far from there being strategic differences between 'quitest' and 'activist' clerics, Shi' i mujtahid statesmen matured, from 1979 in Iran to 2003 Iraq, by way of a pragmatism which led to a strong form of transnational and associated whole in Lebanon in 2006. In doing so, the book breaks down the established, and misleading, dichotomisation of the Shi' i clergy into 'quietists' and 'activists' and discovers that the decision of Shi' i clerical elites to become politically active or to stay out of politics are attributable to their ability to adapt to their political environments."--
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Islam and politics-- Middle East.
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Shī' ah-- Clergy-- Political activity-- Middle East.
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Religious intolerance, persecution conflict.
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History-- Middle East-- General.
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Political Science-- Political Freedom Security-- Terrorism.
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Social Science-- Islamic Studies.
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Islam and politics.
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Politics and government.
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Middle East, Politics and government.
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Middle East.
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| Dewey Classification
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297.8/209045
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| LC Classification
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BP194.185.K343 2021
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