This volume analyses the transformation of social sectarianism into political sectarianism across the Arab world. Using a framework of social theories and socio

What causes violent conflicts around the Middle East? All too often, the answer is sectarianism—popularly viewed as a timeless and intractable force that lead

An anatomy of the increasing sectarianization of conflicts in the Middle East, by some of the leading scholars writing on the region.

Prologue : Shiʻism, sectarianism, modernity -- The incomplete nationalization of Jabal ʻAmil -- The modernity of Shiʻi tradition -- Institutionalizing person

Viewing Iraq from the outside is made easier by compartmentalising its people (at least the Arabs among them) into Shi'as and Sunnis. But can such broad terms,