Screen LibrarySectarianism in Iraq : the making of state and nation since 1920 /
"This book links sectarianism in Iraq to the failure of the modern nation-state to resolve tensions between sectarian identities and concepts of unified statehood and uniform citizenry. After a theoretical excursus that recasts the notion of primordial identity as a socially constructed reality...
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | Abingdon, Oxon : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Routledge studies in Middle Eastern democratization and government ;
5 |
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| Summary: |
"This book links sectarianism in Iraq to the failure of the modern nation-state to resolve tensions between sectarian identities and concepts of unified statehood and uniform citizenry. After a theoretical excursus that recasts the notion of primordial identity as a socially constructed reality, the author sets out to explain the persistence of sectarian affiliations in Iraq since its creation following the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire. Despite the adoption of homogenizing state policies, the uneven sectarian composition of the ruling elites nurtured feelings of political exclusion am |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 343 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781138779464 1138779466 |
| Index Number: | DS79 |
| CLC: |
B96-05 K377 |
| Call Number: | K377/O831 |