Shi'ism

A Religion of Protest

By: Hamid Dabashi

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Paperback | 7 May 2012 | Edition Number 1

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For a Western world anxious to understand Islam and, in particular, Shi'ism, this book arrives with urgently needed information and critical analysis. Hamid Dabashi exposes the soul of Shi'ism as a religion of protest-successful only when in a warring position, and losing its legitimacy when in power.

Dabashi makes his case through a detailed discussion of the Shi'i doctrinal foundations, a panoramic view of its historical unfolding, a varied investigation into its visual and performing arts, and finally a focus on the three major sites of its contemporary contestations: Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon. In these states, Shi'ism seems to have ceased to be a sect within the larger context of Islam and has instead emerged to claim global political attention. Here we see Shi'ism in its combative mode-reminiscent of its traumatic birth in early Islamic history. Hezbollah in Lebanon claims Shi'ism, as do the militant insurgents in Iraq,the ruling Ayatollahs in Iran, and the masses of youthful demonstrators rebelling against their reign. All declare their active loyalties to a religion of protest that has defined them and their ancestry for almost fourteen hundred years.

Shi'sm: A Religion of Protest attends to the explosive conflicts in the Middle East with an abiding attention to historical facts, cultural forces, religious convictions, literary and artistic nuances, and metaphysical details. This timely book offers readers a bravely intelligent history of a world religion.

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After the death of the Prophet, a struggle ensued for leadership of the Muslim community. Those who believe the Prophet's cousin and son-in-law Ali was his legitimate successor are called the Shi'i, and Dabashi's book is a fascinating look at this tradition viewed through the lens of such thinkers as Freud, Weber, Habermas, and others. -- Christopher McConnell * Booklist *
You can't make sense of the news from the Middle East without some understanding of the ancient division between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims. Shi'ism: A Religion of Protest, by Hamid Dabashi, offers a comprehensive new history of Shi'ite theology, history, and politics, down to the current conflict in Iraq. -- Adam Kirsch * Barnes and Noble Review *
[A] challenging and brilliant new book...Dabashi's extraordinarily rich and powerful book takes Shiism out of the sectarian ghettos where it was largely confined when it became an ideological weapon of the Persian Empire in its rivalry with the Sunni Ottomans. By emancipating Shiism from its instrumental use by the Islamic Republic of Iran, he has performed a vital cultural--and political--service. -- Malise Ruthven * New York Review of Books *

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Non-Fiction Religion & Beliefs Islam Religion History of Religion Religious Issues & Debates Religion & Politics History Regional & National History Asian History Middle Eastern History

Prelude	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Doctrinal Foundation
Death of a Prophet	p. 29
Birth of a Revolutionary Faith	p. 47
The Karbala Complex	p. 73
Historical Unfolding
In the Battlefields of History	p. 103
In the Company of Kings, Caliphs, and Conquerors	p. 132
At the Dawn of Colonial Modernity	p. 159
Visual and Performing Arts
Shi'ism and the Crisis of Cultural Modernity	p. 207
On Ressentiment and the Politics of Despair	p. 228
An Aesthetic of Emancipation	p. 241
Contemporary Contestations
The Un/Making of a Politics of Despair	p. 263
Toward a New Syncretic Cosmopolitanism	p. 277
Contemporary Sites of Contestation	p. 296
Conclusion	p. 309
Note on Transliteration	p. 327
Arabic and Persian Glossary	p. 328
Schools of Theology, Philosophy, and Political Thought	p. 338
Chronology	p. 344
Notes	p. 348
Further Reading	p. 385
Acknowledgments	p. 390
Index	p. 393
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