| Descript |
xviii, 413 s., [15] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-389) and index |
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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 |
| Subject |
Shia -- Islam
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Shiamuslimer
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Shiiter -- historia
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Shiah -- History
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Shiah -- Doctrines -- History
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| Classmark |
297.8209
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Cmddtb
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9780674049451 |
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9780674064287 (pbk.2012) |
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