Nationalism, Transnationalism, and Political Islam Hizbullah's Institutional Identity /

• Main Author: Hage Ali, Mohanad (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Middle East-Politics and government.; Islam.; Religion and politics.; Religion and sociology.; Terrorism.; Political violence.; World history.; Middle Eastern Politics.; Politics and Religion.; Religion and Society.; Terrorism and Political Violence.; World History, Global and Transnational History.

This book sheds light on how Hizbullah has transformed religious rituals and supernatural narratives in order to mobilize the Shi'a community. The author examines how Hizbullah has altered its institutional structure and reconstructed Lebanese Shi'a history in a manner similar to that of n...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction: The Construction of Hizbullah's Identity
• Chapter 2: The Role of Hizbullah's Institutions in the Reconstruction of Shi'i Identity
• Chapter 3: The Reconstructed History of the Lebanese Shi'a
• Chapter 4: Hizbullah's Reconstruction of History
• Chapter 5: The Supernatural in Hizbullah's Identity
• Chapter 6: Transnational Wilayat al-Faqih
• Chapter 7: Conclusion. .