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Reaching for Power: The Shi´a in the Modern Arab World
Yitzhak Nakash
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Description for Reaching for Power: The Shi´a in the Modern Arab World
Paperback. Traces the role of the Shi'is in the struggle raging among Muslims for the soul of Islam. This book shows that in contrast to the growing militancy among Sunni groups since the 1990s, Shi'is have shifted their focus from confrontation to accommodation with the West. It addresses the crucial importance of Shi'is to US endeavors. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSR2; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
As the world focuses on the conflict in Iraq, the most important political players in that country today are not the Sunni insurgents. Instead, they are Iraq's Shi'I majority--part of the Middle East's ninety million Shi'I Muslims who hold the key to the future of the region and the relations between Muslim and Western societies. So contends Yitzhak Nakash, one of the world's foremost experts on Shi'ism. With his characteristic verve and style, Nakash traces the role of the Shi'is in the struggle that is raging today among Muslims for the soul of Islam. He shows that in contrast to ... Read more
As the world focuses on the conflict in Iraq, the most important political players in that country today are not the Sunni insurgents. Instead, they are Iraq's Shi'I majority--part of the Middle East's ninety million Shi'I Muslims who hold the key to the future of the region and the relations between Muslim and Western societies. So contends Yitzhak Nakash, one of the world's foremost experts on Shi'ism. With his characteristic verve and style, Nakash traces the role of the Shi'is in the struggle that is raging today among Muslims for the soul of Islam. He shows that in contrast to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691134789
SKU
V9780691134789
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About Yitzhak Nakash
Yitzhak Nakash is associate professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies at Brandeis University. The author of "The Shi'is of Iraq" (Princeton), he has contributed articles to "Foreign Affairs, Newsweek," and the "New York Times".
Reviews for Reaching for Power: The Shi´a in the Modern Arab World
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2006 "Yitzhak Nakash's book, based on a vast array of sources in Arabic, is a precious guide to understanding the real stakes in the conflicts among different religious and political tendencies in Arab countries."
Gilles Kepel, American Prospect Reaching for Power is more than just the best recent introduction to Shi'i politics in the ... Read more
Gilles Kepel, American Prospect Reaching for Power is more than just the best recent introduction to Shi'i politics in the ... Read more