Shi'ism: a religion of protest
Hamid Dabashi
Shi'ism: a religion of protest
Author
Hamid DabashiEdition 1
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Title and Author
Shi'ism: a religion of protest / Hamid DabashiPublication Details
کمبریج : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press، 2011مPhysical Description
xviii, 413 p., [15] p. of plates: ill., maps; 25 cm.Subject
Shiah HistoryShiah Doctrines History
Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. 843 - 983( and index.
Contents
Doctrinal foundation. Death of a prophet -- Birth of a revolutionary faith -- The Karbala complex -- Historical unfolding. In the battlefields of history -- In the company of kings, caliphs, and conquerors -- At the dawn of colonial modernity -- Visual and performing arts. Shi'ism and the crisis of cultural modernity -- On ressentiment and the politics of despair -- Toward an aesthetics of emancipation -- Contemporary contestations. Toward a new syncretic cosmopolitanism -- The un/making of a politics of despair -- Contemporary sites of contestation