256 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
256 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
256 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines Lebanese political parties and their encounters with modernity. Taking three, mainly Christian parties as an example, the book refutes the idea of Middle Eastern parties being backwards or antiquated. By combining historical and anthropological perspectives, it is shown that these parties stand for normativities of modernity.
Lebanese, as well as Middle Eastern parties in... Read more
1. Theoretical Concepts
2. The Emergence of Political Parties in Lebanon
3. The Lebanese Civil War
4. The Christian Frustration
5. Parties and their Adherents
Conclusion
Bibliography
Biography
Christian Thuselt is teaching political science at the Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. He completed his PhD at Roskilde-University/Denmark. His research interests are political parties, political theory, intellectual and history of the Middle East.
