Understanding Shiite Leadership: The Art of the Middle Ground in Iran and Lebano

Description: Understanding Shiite Leadership by Shaul Mishal, Ori Goldberg Shaul Mishal and Ori Goldberg explore the ways in which Shiite leaderships in Iran and Lebanon approach themselves and their world. Utilizing approaches from social theory, history, theology, and literary criticism, the book presents these leaderships as pragmatic, interpretative entities with the potential to form fruitful relationships between Shiite leadership and the non-Shiite world. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In this book, Shaul Mishal and Ori Goldberg explore the ways in which Shiite leaderships in Iran and Lebanon approach themselves and their world. Contrary to the violent and radical image of religious leaderships in the Islamic Republic of Iran and Lebanese Hizballah, the political vision and practice of these leaderships view the world as a middle ground, shying away from absolutist and extremist tendencies. The political leadership assumed by Shiite religious scholars in Iran and Lebanon has transformed Shiite Islam from a marginalized minority to a highly politicized avant garde of Muslim presence, revitalized the practice and causes of political Islam in its struggle for legitimacy and authority, and reshaped the politics of the Middle East and the globe in its image. Utilizing approaches from social theory, history, theology, and literary criticism, the book presents these leaderships as pragmatic, interpretative entities with the potential to form fruitful relationships between Shiite leadership and the non-Shiite world. Author Biography Shaul Mishal is a Professor of Political Science at Tel Aviv University and at the School of Government, IDC Herzlia, and a Visiting Professor at Yale University, Visiting Scholar at the Center for International Affairs at Harvard, and Senior Fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health. He has authored and co-authored several books on Palestinian issues including West Bank/East Bank, The PLO under Arafat, Speaking Stones with R. Aharoni, The Palestinian Hamas with A. Sela, and Investment in Peace with R. Kuperman and D. Boas. Mishal has authored numerous articles, which have appeared in many leading journals. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Ori Goldberg teaches in the Department of Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University. He is the author of Shii Theology in Iran: The Challenge of Religious Experience and Thinking Shia, as well as a collection of lectures examining Shiite culture, politics, and consciousness from various perspectives. Dr Goldbergs research focuses on the comparative study of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish theological thought; Middle East politics and culture; and the critical role of religious thought in social theory and practice. He received his Ph.D. in Middle Eastern History from Tel Aviv University. Table of Contents Introduction; 1. Leadership as interpretation; 2. The quest for authority; 3. Void and spaces; 4. Khomeinis middle ground; 5. Forming the middle ground: intra-Shiite issues; 6. Seeking the middle ground: extra-Shiite issues; 7. The struggle for the middle ground: the 2009 presidential elections; 8. Middle ground as resistance: Lebanese Hizballah; 9. HB and the temperate city; Epilogue: Shiite leadership and the emergence of the middle ground regime. Review This study is bound to give rise to the usual academic hullabaloo in light of its attempt to constructively assess what is at stake in our understanding of political radicalism and religious fundamentalism, the two easy labels of dismissing serious appreciation of the political consciousness at work in Iranian and other Shiite communities of the Middle East. Abdulaziz Sachedina, IIIT Chair in Islamic Studies, George Mason University, VirginiaMishal and Goldberg (2014) directly address questions of interest to students of international relations … Understanding Shiite Leadership is an effort to unpack the world of the Shiite leadership in the Middle East. Vikas Kumar, Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs Promotional This book presents Shiite leaderships as pragmatic entities with the potential to form fruitful relationships with the non-Shiite world. Review Quote This study is bound to give rise to the usual academic hullabaloo in light of its attempt to constructively assess what is at stake in our understanding of political radicalism and religious fundamentalism, the two easy labels of dismissing serious appreciation of the political consciousness at work in Iranian and other Shiite communities of the Middle East. Abdulaziz Sachedina, IIIT Chair in Islamic Studies, George Mason University, Virginia Promotional "Headline" This book presents Shiite leaderships as pragmatic entities with the potential to form fruitful relationships with the non-Shiite world. Description for Bookstore Shaul Mishal and Ori Goldberg explore the ways in which Shiite leaderships in Iran and Lebanon approach themselves and their world. Utilizing approaches from social theory, history, theology, and literary criticism, the book presents these leaderships as pragmatic, interpretative entities with the potential to form fruitful relationships between Shiite leadership and the non-Shiite world. Description for Library Shaul Mishal and Ori Goldberg explore the ways in which Shiite leaderships in Iran and Lebanon approach themselves and their world. Utilizing approaches from social theory, history, theology, and literary criticism, the book presents these leaderships as pragmatic, interpretative entities with the potential to form fruitful relationships between Shiite leadership and the non-Shiite world. Details ISBN1107046386 Author Ori Goldberg Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 2014 ISBN-10 1107046386 ISBN-13 9781107046382 Format Hardcover Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle The Art of the Middle Ground in Iran and Lebanon Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1945 Pages 166 Short Title UNDERSTANDING SHIITE LEADERSHI Language English Media Book DEWEY 320.955 Publication Date 2014-06-05 Illustrations 2 Halftones, unspecified AU Release Date 2014-06-05 NZ Release Date 2014-06-05 UK Release Date 2014-06-05 Series Problems of International Politics Alternative 9781107110175 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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