Alawis of Syria : war, faith and politics in the Levant /
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY ; Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
[2015]
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| Series: | Urban conflicts, divided societies.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Note on Transliteration; List of Figures; Introduction: For 'God, Syria, Bashar and Nothing Else'?; The Alawis of Syria; The state that Hafez built; The Asad state unravels; Conclusion; Part I: Alawis: Secrecy and Survival; 1. The Genesis of Syria's Alawi Community; The birth of the Nusayriyyah (Alawi) sect and its historical evolution; The Alawi ascent-from empires and faith communities to citizenship and statehood; The Alawi compromise-from stillborn democracy to dictatorship and minority rule
- The Alawi dilemma and the search for a common Syrian identityConclusion; 2. The Alawis in the Ottoman Period; The taxation of the Alawi community; Alawis in court; Ottoman-Alawi notables; Conclusion and further outlook; 3. Community, Sect, Nation: Colonial and Social Scientific Discourses on the Alawis in Syria during the Mandate and Early Independence Periods; Part II: Alawis and the Syrian State; 4. 'Go to Damascus, my son': Alawi Demographic Shifts under Ba'ath Party Rule; The 'Alawi state'; The Alawis descend from the mountain; Go to Damascus, my son!
- Consolidating power, declining demographics: higher education and lower birth ratesInsurrection and counter-insurgency; Back to the future: reviving an Alawi enclave; A neo-Khaldunian conclusion?; 5. Syria's Alawis and the Ba'ath Party; Alawi political identity and Syria's state formation; Social mobilisation, class formation, politicisation; The Ba'ath revolutionary coup and Alawis in intra-Ba'ath politics: 1963-70; Regime consolidation under Hafez al-Asad; Alawis' Class Differentiation and Clientelism Under Asad; Sectarianism and the Ikhwan Uprising, 1976-82
- Bashar al-Asad: debilitating the party-sect regime pillarsAlawis in the Syrian uprising; Conclusion; 6. The Syrian Muslim Brotherhood's Alawi Conundrum; A sectarian confrontation; Opening a new chapter; Back to square one?; Conclusion; Part III: Alawi Communities, Identities and Power; 7. Alawi Diversity and Solidarity: From the Coast to the Interior; Sources of diversity; Topography and connectivity; Tribal identity and privilege; National divisions; Inequality among Alawis; Reactions to the uprising; Sources of solidarity; Hesitant urbanisation; Mobilisation and militarisation
- Perceptions of Sunni chauvinismTurn to civil war; Conclusion; 8. Patronage and Clientelism in Bashar's Social Market Economy; The regime's rhetoric; The macro economy; The international context; Reactive liberalisation; Five-year hiatus; Rampant corruption; The 'social market economy'; Conclusion; 9. The Alawis of Tripoli: Identity, Violence and Urban Geopolitics; The mountain (Jabal) defended by blood; Consolidating power: patronage, politics and violence; A neighbourhood distorted through violence; Imagining Jabal Mohsen: ghetto, hostage, orphan