@book{51a8faaa69594f7d99c58bbbe5b151f2,
title = "Know thy enemy: Evolving attitudes towards {"}Others{"} in modern Shiʿi thought and practice",
abstract = "{"}In Know Thy Enemy, Meir Litvak analyzes the re-articulations of the {"}Others{"} in modern Shiʻism, as a novel way to examine the formulation of modern Shiʻi identity and place in the world. Among these others, which have transformed into {"}enemies{"} in the modern period are the West, apostates, Wahhabism, Jews, Baha'is and feminism. Looking at the rhetorical themes that Shiʻi writers use, the book demonstrates the contrast between the collective positive {"}We{"} and the negative threatening {"}Other{"} as a major principle in the evolution of Shiʻism as the minority branch of Islam. It offers a complex view of Shiʻi identity combining a sense of victimhood and insecurity together with conviction of intellectual and moral superiority and long-term triumph{"}--",
keywords = "Islam, Other (Philosophy) -- Religious aspects -- Islam, Shiites -- Iran, Sh{\=i}ʻah -- Relations, Shīʻah -- Iran, Shīʻah -- Relations -- Sunnites, אחר (פילוסופיה) -- היבטים דתיים -- אסלאם, אסלאם, שיעה -- איראן, שיעה -- יחסים, שיעה -- יחסים -- סונים, שיעים -- איראן, إسلام, الشيعة -- إيران, الشيعة -- العلاقات, الشيعة -- العلاقات -- السنّة",
author = "Meir Litvak",
note = "Includes index.",
year = "2021",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004444683",
language = "الإنجليزيّة",
isbn = "900443920X",
series = "Social, economic and political studies of the Middle East and Asia",
}