Between the ideal and the real: shiite purism and the dilemma of modernity in iraq
Auteur :
Abbas, Akeel
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN :
9781538192924
Date de publication :
4 juin 2024
Dimensions :
23,7 x 15,8 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
490 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This book deals with the Islamic Shia version of purism as the cornerstone of its faith, showing how this purism manifested itself in the story of Iraq as a state and Shias as a group of people by complicating the process of integrating the latter into the former.