1st Edition
Sectarianism in Iraq The Making of State and Nation Since 1920
By Khalil Osman
Copyright 2015
358 Pages
by
Routledge
358 Pages
by
Routledge
358 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book links sectarianism in Iraq to the failure of the modern nation-state to resolve tensions between sectarian identities and concepts of unified statehood and uniform citizenry. After a theoretical excursus that recasts the notion of primordial identity as a socially constructed reality, the author sets out to explain the persistence of sectarian affiliations in Iraq since its creation... Read more
Introduction 1 A Theoretical Excursus: State-Making, Nation-Building and the Sectarian Problematique 2 The Legacy of History: Nation-Building, Marginalization and Ascendance of Primordial Sectarianism 3 Elite Makeup and the Politics of Stratification 4 Education, Resistance and the Reproduction of Primordial Sectarian Identity 5 Contending Visions of Collective Identity 6 Sectarianism and the Crisis of the Nation-State in Iraq Conclusion
Biography
Khalil Osman is a Senior Political Affairs Officer at the UN. He has taught politics at Indiana University and reported extensively from several Middle Eastern countries, including Iraq. Dr Osman’s reporting experience includes work for the BBC, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Canada International.
