Lebanese Shi'ite Leadership, 1920-1970s

Personalities, Alliances, and Feuds
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-43013-3
Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH

Buch, Englisch, 132 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 2888 g

This book examines the coalitions and relationships within the power centers of Shi'ite politics during the era of political feudalism in Lebanon. The author maps the Shi'ite leadership and its inter-connections, including the alliances and rivalry between prominent Zu'ama, clans, and Ulama' from the formation of Lebanon in 1920 to the decline of old Shi'ite politics and the emergence of popular movements in the 1970s. The work also explains the role of prominent intellectuals within these power centers.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nir, Omri

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Main Classes in the Traditional Lebanese Shi‘ite Leadership.- 3. The Centers of Power.- 4. The Speakership of the Parliament.- 5. The Intellectuals and the Power Centers.- 6. The Decline of the Zu‘ama.- 7. Conclusions: Modifications of Community Leadership.

Über Autor(innen)

Omri Nir is a leading scholar of Lebanese history and politics and is a lecturer at the Departments of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv University, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and Achva College, Israel. He is often interviewed on Lebanese issues in Israeli, international, and Arab media. He has published numerous articles and is the author of Nabih Berri and Lebanese Politics.