Know Thy Enemy : Evolving Attitudes towards "Others" in Modern Shiʿi Thought and Practice /

"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...

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Main Author: Litvak, Meir (Author)

Format: eBook

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2021.

Series: Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia ; 126.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441286.

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Call Number: BP194.15

Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. From Westoxication to the Decline of the West
  • 2. The Jews as Enemies of Shīʻīsm
  • 3. Extending a Hand to "Our Sunnī Brethren"
  • 4. Anti-Wahhābī and Jihādī-Salafī Polemics: from Apologetics to Denunciation
  • 5. Liberty and Its Boundaries vis-à-vis Dissent and Apostasy
  • 6. The Deviationist and Misguided Bahāʼī Sect
  • 7. Feminism: The "Gift" of the West to Islam
  • Conclusion
  • List of Sources
  • Index.