The Appeal of Communism among the Lebanese Shiʿa, 1943-75
This article revisits the Shiʿi community's secular past through an analysis of the evolution of Shiʿi involvement in the Lebanese Communist Party (LCP). It argues that the Shiʿi community's communist interlude was a formative moment in the political mobilization of the Shiʿa, which predat...
| Published in: | Die Welt des Islams |
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| Subtitles: | The Appeal of Communism among the Lebanese Shiʿa, nineteen forty-three to seventy-five |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Brill
[2019]
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| In: |
Die Welt des Islams
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Lebanon
/ Shi'ah
/ Communism
/ History 1943-1975
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BJ Islam KBL Near East and North Africa ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Lebanon
B Hizballah B LCP B Communism B Shia B mobilisation B Identity |
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| Summary: | This article revisits the Shiʿi community's secular past through an analysis of the evolution of Shiʿi involvement in the Lebanese Communist Party (LCP). It argues that the Shiʿi community's communist interlude was a formative moment in the political mobilization of the Shiʿa, which predated the rise of distinctly Shiʿi political identities, and imparted a lasting legacy on the political development of the Lebanese Shiʿa. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Die Welt des Islams
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700607-05934P03 |