Sectarianism in Iraq: Antagonistic Visions of Unity
Viewing Iraq from the outside is made easier by compartmentalising its people (at least the Arabs among them) into Shi'as and Sunnis. But can such broad terms, inherently resistant to accurate quantification, description and definition, ever be a useful reflection of any society? If not, are we...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Langue: | English |
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s.l. : Oxford University Press, USA,
2011
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| Sujets: | Ethnicity Ethnicity ; Iraq Iraq ; Ethnic relations Iraq ; Politics and government ; 2003- Iraq ; Politics and government ; 20th century Electronic books |
| Description matérielle: | Online-Ressource |
| Résumé: | Viewing Iraq from the outside is made easier by compartmentalising its people (at least the Arabs among them) into Shi'as and Sunnis. But can such broad terms, inherently resistant to accurate quantification, description and definition, ever be a useful reflection of any society? If not, are we to discard the terms 'Shi'a' and 'Sunni' in seeking to understand Iraq? Or are we to deny their relevance and ignore them when considering Iraqi society? How are we to view the common Iraqi injunction that 'we are all brothers' or that 'we have no Shi'as and Sunnis' against the fact of sectarian civil w |
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| Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Description matérielle: | Online-Ressource |
| ISBN: | 1322089760 9781322089768 9780190237974 019023797X 9780199327386 0199327386 |