Books by Fuad I. Khuri
“Fuad Khuri (1935-2003)was a Lebanese anthropologist. In a way, he wrote the first political sociology of Islam and sectarianism, looking at the importance of sectarian identity in politics, in society and in state formation…It’s about Alawites, different Christian groups, the Druze, and the Zaydis in Yemen. The reason I chose it is because, conceptually, he took the importance of sectarian identity seriously. There were many scholars and historians who brushed it aside, but he grew up in Lebanon and had to flee during the Lebanese civil war and he took those dynamics seriously.” Read more...
Interviews where books by Fuad I. Khuri were recommended
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The Venture of Islam, Volume 1: The Classical Age of Islam
by Marshall Hodgson -
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Imams and Emirs: State, Religion and Sects in Islam
by Fuad I. Khuri -
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Book of Travels (Safarnāma)
by Nasir-i Khusraw -
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Travels through Arabia and Other Countries in the East
by Carsten Niebuhr -
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The Others
by Seba al-Herz
The best books on Sunnism and Shiism, recommended by Toby Matthiesen
The best books on Sunnism and Shiism, recommended by Toby Matthiesen
In a bid to get away from simplistic explanations of why sectarian identity in the Middle East can lead to conflict, Swiss political scientist Toby Matthiesen wrote The Caliph and the Imam: The Making of Sunnism and Shiism. Here he recommends other books that shed light on Sunni and Shia differences, including a racy novel set in Saudi Arabia.
