Overview
- 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- Introduces the Hizbullah’s previously unpublished narratives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
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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.”
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nationalism, Transnationalism, and Political Islam
Book Subtitle: Hizbullah's Institutional Identity
Authors: Mohanad Hage Ali
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60426-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86862-2Published: 11 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-60426-8Published: 07 September 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 249
Number of Illustrations: 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Middle Eastern Politics, Islam, Politics and Religion, Religion and Society, Terrorism and Political Violence, World History, Global and Transnational History