The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non‐Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ruled much of the world for much of known history. Building on recent International Relations (IR) scholarship, this article reconstructs an ideal
Loubna El Amine
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Alawi syncretism : beliefs and traditions in the shrine of Hüseyin Gazi [PDF]
, 2004 Religious Anthropology studies the origins, evolution and functions of religions. The discipline researching religious beliefs and rituals comparatively with cross-cultural perspectives tries to enlighten the belief world of the mankind.
Türk, Hüseyin
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Religio‐Governmental Infrastructures: Islam, Infrastructure, and Populist Mobilization in Turkey
American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Turkish mosques are staffed by state‐appointed imams and callers to prayer whose practices are regulated through a complex bureaucratic network operating on an internet‐based data‐management and communication infrastructure. A centralized mosque loudspeaker network enables the broadcast of calls to prayer and other Islamic recitations across ...
Hikmet Kocamaner
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From Forced Revolution to Failed Transition: the Nightmarish Agency of Revolutionary Neo-Liberalism in Iraq [PDF]
, 2006 Este artículo explora los esfuerzos realizados para fomentar el mercado y aplicar técnicas de ingeniería constitucional como medios para el cambio liberal en el Irak de posguerra.
Parker, Christopher
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Racialized Labor Intermediation: Managing the “Threat” of Kurdish Workers on Turkish Farms
American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Farm labor intermediaries in Turkey have been at the heart of maintaining a precarious and low‐wage migrant labor force for capitalist agriculture since the 19th century. This labor force has been predominantly comprised of Kurds, a people racialized as “savage,” “racially impure,” and “traitors of the Turkish nation” since the beginning of ...
Deniz Duruiz
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PERTENTANGAN DAN PERGUMULAN SYI’AH DI INDONESIA DALAM TRAGEDI SAMPANG
Jurnal Review Politik, 2015 Studies on Shiites in Indonesia has become a serious problem related to the political issues. The existence of Shiite treated less sympathetically by other Islamic groups. This paper was based on a literature review and as well as the opinions expressed
Zuly Qodir
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Exegetical Comparison of the Verses on Khoms in Shiite and Sunni Exgesis [PDF]
تحقیقات علوم قرآن و حدیث, 2013 Khoms(one fifth to be paid ) is one of the duties Muslims have no doubt in its obligation and therefore consider its deniers out of Islam. After the holy Prophet 's time, apart from this common basic perception, there has appeared divergences between ...
Sayyed Javad Vaziri Fard +1 more
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Reconstructing the Iraqi Political System the Post-Saddam Era: the Role of the United States and the Coalition Forces [PDF]
, 2015 The literature review about post-Saddam political system deals largely with the role of the United States and the coalition forces in establishingand stabilizing the country's political system and its proper functioning.
Jalal Nori, Abdul Wahed
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Understanding Fathers Engagement: Contextual Insights From Tajikistan and Azerbaijan
Children &Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research on parental engagement often portrays fathers as less involved in their children's lives compared to mothers. This paper challenges such a perspective by examining fathers' engagement within the socio‐cultural contexts of Tajikistan and Azerbaijan.
Zarina Muminova +2 more
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Lebanon: The Refugee Issue and the Threat of a Sectarian Confrontation [PDF]
, 2014 International audienceThis article highlights the many dimensions of the threat that exists nowadays in Lebanon regarding the impact of the Syrian uprising turning into a civil war. To do so, I will firstly focus on the issue of Syrian refugee in Lebanon.
Meier, Daniel
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