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 among marginalized sectarian groups, the Shicites before
2003 and the Sunnis in the post-2003 period. The book then examines
how communal discourses in the educational curriculum provoked
masked forms of resistance that sharpened sectarian consciousness.
Tracing how the anti-Persian streak in the nation-state's Pan-Arab
ideology, which camouflaged anti-Shicism, undermined Iraq's
national integration project, Sectarianism in Iraq delves into the
country's slide from a totalizing Pan-Arab ideology in the pre-2003
period toward the atomistic impulse of the federalist debate in the
post-2003 period. Employing extensive fieldwork, this book sheds
light on the dynamics of political life in post-Saddam Iraq and is
essential reading for Iraqi and Middle East specialists, as well as
those interested in understanding the current heightening of
sectarian Sunni-Shicite tensions in the Middle East.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Democratization and Government |
Release date: |
October 2014 |
First published: |
2015 |
Authors: |
Khalil Osman
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
358 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-77946-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
|
LSN: |
1-138-77946-6 |
Barcode: |
9781138779464 |
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