TY - BOOK
T1 - Know thy enemy
T2 - Evolving attitudes towards "Others" in modern Shiʿi thought and practice
AU - Litvak, Meir
N1 - Includes index.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - "In Know Thy Enemy, Meir Litvak analyzes the re-articulations of the "Others" in modern Shiʻism, as a novel way to examine the formulation of modern Shiʻi identity and place in the world. Among these others, which have transformed into "enemies" in the modern period are the West, apostates, Wahhabism, Jews, Baha'is and feminism. Looking at the rhetorical themes that Shiʻi writers use, the book demonstrates the contrast between the collective positive "We" and the negative threatening "Other" as a major principle in the evolution of Shiʻism as the minority branch of Islam. It offers a complex view of Shiʻi identity combining a sense of victimhood and insecurity together with conviction of intellectual and moral superiority and long-term triumph"--
AB - "In Know Thy Enemy, Meir Litvak analyzes the re-articulations of the "Others" in modern Shiʻism, as a novel way to examine the formulation of modern Shiʻi identity and place in the world. Among these others, which have transformed into "enemies" in the modern period are the West, apostates, Wahhabism, Jews, Baha'is and feminism. Looking at the rhetorical themes that Shiʻi writers use, the book demonstrates the contrast between the collective positive "We" and the negative threatening "Other" as a major principle in the evolution of Shiʻism as the minority branch of Islam. It offers a complex view of Shiʻi identity combining a sense of victimhood and insecurity together with conviction of intellectual and moral superiority and long-term triumph"--
KW - Other (Philosophy) -- Religious aspects -- Islam
KW - Islam
KW - Shīʻah -- Iran
KW - Shiites -- Iran
KW - Shīʻah -- Relations -- Sunnites
KW - Shīʻah -- Relations
KW - שיעה -- יחסים
KW - الشيعة -- العلاقات
KW - שיעה -- איראן
KW - الشيعة -- إيران
KW - שיעה -- יחסים -- סונים
KW - الشيعة -- العلاقات -- السنّة
KW - שיעים -- איראן
KW - אסלאם
KW - إسلام
KW - אחר (פילוסופיה) -- היבטים דתיים -- אסלאם
U2 - 10.1163/9789004444683
DO - 10.1163/9789004444683
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SN - 900443920X
SN - 9789004439207
T3 - Social, economic and political studies of the Middle East and Asia
BT - Know thy enemy
PB - Brill
CY - Leiden
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