Patriotic Ayatollahs
Nationalism in Post-Saddam Iraq
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The author provides a descriptive picture of Shi'ite Islam and superb characterization of the post-2003 political situation in Iraq. This deeply sourced narrative is a comprehensive, comparative political study of the internal political dynamics in Iraq and to a lesser extent the influence from neighboring Iran. This is a clear contribution to an understanding of contemporary politics in Iraq.
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Patriotic Ayatollahs explores the contributions of senior clerics in state and nation-building after the 2003 Iraq war. Caroleen Sayej suggests that the four so-called Grand Ayatollahs, the highest-ranking clerics of Iraqi Shiism, took on a new and unexpected political role after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Les mer
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Patriotic Ayatollahs explores the contributions of senior clerics in state and nation-building after the 2003 Iraq war. Caroleen Sayej suggests that the four so-called Grand Ayatollahs, the highest-ranking clerics of Iraqi Shiism, took on a new and unexpected political role after the fall of Saddam Hussein.Drawing on previously unexamined...
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Cornell University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 240
- ISBN
- 9781501715211
- Utgivelsesår
- 2018
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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The author provides a descriptive picture of Shi'ite Islam and superb characterization of the post-2003 political situation in Iraq. This deeply sourced narrative is a comprehensive, comparative political study of the internal political dynamics in Iraq and to a lesser extent the influence from neighboring Iran. This is a clear contribution to an understanding of contemporary politics in Iraq.
» Choice
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Sayej meticulously chronicles Sistani's influence in [Iraq] and his steady transformation from an unseasoned politician to a figure with a deep understanding of institutions.... Well-researched and persuasively argued.
» LSE's Middle East Centre Blog
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Caroleen Marji Sayej has provided a timely analysis of the political role of Iraq's Shi'i clerics in post-Ba'thist Iraq... Sayej successfully challenges the oft-invoked binary descriptions of secular versus religious in Middle Eastern politics.
» MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL