عنوان

The clergy and the modern Middle East :

1838605576

1838605592

9781838605575

9781838605599

9781838605568

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The clergy and the modern Middle East :

[Book]

Shi' i political activism in Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon /

Mohammad R. Kalantari.

First edition.

[London, England] :

London [England] :

Bloomsbury Publishing,

I.B. Tauris,

2021

2021.

1 online resource (272 pages)

Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Content -- Figures -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Shi' i clerical political activism -- Shi' i clerical political activism and opportunity structures -- Shi' i clerical political activism in Iran, Iraq and Lebanon -- Demystifying the role of Shi' i clerics in politics of the modern Middle East -- Chapter 2: Shi' i clerical authority: Structures and functions -- Early Shi' i political doctrines -- The abandoned Ummah: Shi' i clerical authority and the Occultation era

Chapter 6: Lebanon 2006: The networked Shi' i mujtahids -- Second-class citizens: The Shi' is of Lebanon -- Independent Lebanon: The outcast Shi' i community -- The Republic of Lebanon: The Shi' is plea for new leadership -- The Reformist mujtahid: Musa Sadr's perceptions and postures -- The Islamic Republic of Iran, and birth of revolutionary Shi' ism in Lebanon -- Lebanese mujtahids in the political arena: The establishment of Hezbollah -- The clash of Shi' i political activism: AMAL and Hezbollah -- The power of mujtahids' solidarity in Lebanon: The politics of resistance

Mujtahids and the Iranian national movement: A case of a missed opportunity? -- Burujirdi's inheritors and the modern Iran -- The 1963 Uprising: The formation of revolutionary Shi' ism in Iran -- The political posture of the leader: The Ayatollah on the path to becoming the Imam -- Performative theory: The modernized guardianship of the jurist -- The power of mujtahids' solidarity in Iran -- The establishment of the Islamic Republic -- Chapter 5: Iraq 2003: The pragmatic Shi' i mujtahids -- From Ottoman to independent Iraq: Iranian mujtahids and Iraqi politics

The 1920 Uprising in Iraq: Active mujtahids, failed revolt -- The Republic of Iraq: A permissive context for Shi' i political movements -- An Arab mujtahid: The political posture(s) of Muhsin Al-Hakim -- Shi' i activism and its mission in Iraq: The case of Muhamamd Baqir Sadr -- Ba' thist Iraq, a closed structure, and Khoei's political posture -- The Iran-Iraq War: Shi' ism, Arabism and Iraqism -- The 1991 Uprising: Broken promises and missed opportunities -- The power of Mujtahids' solidarity in Iraq -- A pragmatic mujtahid: Sistani and post-Saddam Iraq

The formation and consolidation of the office of Shi' i Marja'iyya -- Chapter 3: Shi' i clergy political activism: A modern history -- The early mujtahids -- Mujtahids in the aftermath of the Shi' i Safavid dynasty -- The Russo-Persian Wars: The Jihadi mujtahids -- The tobacco revolt: A case of Shi' i transnationalism -- Mujtahids and the Persian Constitutional Revolution: Disparate or deceived? -- Chapter 4: Iran 1979: The birth of the mujtahid statesmen -- The rise of the Pahlavi and the Iranian mujtahids -- The interregnum era, and the permissive context for clerical activism

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"The Shi' i clergy are amongst the most influential political players in the Middle East. For decades, scholars and observers have tried to understand the balance of power between, Shi' i 'quietism' and 'activism'. The book is based on exclusive interviews with high-profile Shi' i clerics in order to reveal how the Shi' i clerical elite perceives its role and engages in politics today. The book focuses on three ground-breaking events in the modern Middle East: the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, the 2003 Iraq War, and the 2006 July war in Lebanon. By examining the nature and evolution of a Shi' i clerical network the book finds that, far from there being strategic differences between 'quitest' and 'activist' clerics, Shi' i mujtahid statesmen matured, from 1979 in Iran to 2003 Iraq, by way of a pragmatism which led to a strong form of transnational and associated whole in Lebanon in 2006. In doing so, the book breaks down the established, and misleading, dichotomisation of the Shi' i clergy into 'quietists' and 'activists' and discovers that the decision of Shi' i clerical elites to become politically active or to stay out of politics are attributable to their ability to adapt to their political environments."--

9781838605568

Islam and politics-- Middle East.

Shī' ah-- Clergy-- Political activity-- Middle East.

History-- Middle East-- General.

Islam and politics.

Political Science-- Political Freedom & Security-- Terrorism.

Politics and government.

Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict.

Social Science-- Islamic Studies.

Middle East, Politics and government.

Middle East.

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Kalantari, Mohammad R.

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