- Prelude
- Preface
- Introduction
- I. Doctrinal Foundation
- 1. Death of a Prophet
- 2. Birth of a Revolutionary Faith
- 3. The Karbala Complex
- II. Historical Unfolding
- 4. In the Battlefields of History
- 5. In the Company of Kings, Caliphs, and Conquerors
- 6. At the Dawn of Colonial Modernity
- III. Visual and Performing Arts
- 7. Shi’ism and the Crisis of Cultural Modernity
- 8. On Ressentiment and the Politics of Despair
- 9. An Aesthetic of Emancipation
- IV. Contemporary Contestations
- 10. The Un/Making of a Politics of Despair
- 11. Toward a New Syncretic Cosmopolitanism
- 12. Contemporary Sites of Contestation
- Conclusion
- Note on Transliteration
- Arabic and Persian Glossary
- Schools of Theology, Philosophy, and Political Thought
- Chronology
- Notes
- Further Reading
- Acknowledgments
- Index


Shi'ism
A Religion of Protest
Product Details
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$30.00 • £24.95 • €27.00
ISBN 9780674064287
Publication Date: 05/07/2012
Awards & Accolades
- A Marginal Revolution Best Book of 2011