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Martyrdom and Sacrifice in Islam

Theological, Political and Social Contexts

By: Meir Hatina

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Martyrdom and Sacrifice in Islam

Theological, Political and Social Contexts

By: Meir Hatina

Over the years, the belief system around self sacrifice has become key to understanding the Middle East and its political relationships with the West although much of the literature and conversation has been restricted to modern concepts of jihadism. The recent spate of scholarship relating to suicide bombers and jihadists studies these concepts without a broader understanding of the principle of martyrdom. This book expands on the chronology of self-sacrifice within Islam and contextualises the use of suicide bombings using details of the rise of martyrdom in places such as Iraq, Lebanon, Chechnya and Pakistan. It historicises the background in which 'jihad' has been glorified while also exploring contemporary methods of recruitment, like the use of the internet. The authors pay close attention to the different sects and factions of Islam and the differing interpretations of jihad that accompany these ideologies. In the current political climate, a book that explores martyrdom within the framework of historical perspectives, geographical regions and the influence of outside cultures is essential.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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178673026X

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9781786730268

Kiev, Jewish Metropolis

A History, 1859–1914

By: Natan M. Meir

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Kiev, Jewish Metropolis

A History, 1859–1914

By: Natan M. Meir

The readmission of some categories of Jews into Kiev in 1859 brought about a rapid rise of the Jewish community in the city. Kiev had a symbolical significance as "the mother of the Russian cities" and was an important religious center, so the massive migration of Jews in it provoked anxiety among the Christians. The authorities and to some extent voluntary associations of Kiev tried to maintain a segregation between the Jews and non-Jews; while attacking Jews for their "isolation", they opposed also Jewish cultural assimilation. Describes the pogrom of 1881 and the bloody pogrom of October 1905. Argues that the pogroms of 1881 in Kiev and elsewhere took place mainly in the areas of new Jewish settlement. The pogromists in Kiev called not so much to "beat the Jews" as to expel them from the city. Dismisses the view that the perpetrators of the pogrom were vagabond workers from central Russia: the role of the locals in the riot was significant. The 1905 pogrom was a by-product of the revolution, in which many Jews took part. The authorities not only were reluctant to stop it (as it was also in 1881), but even encouraged the rioters for violence. Christian neighbors nearly always refused to hide or to protect Jews. Dozens were killed in what the nationalists regarded as a symbolic reconquest of Kiev from "seditionist Jews". Describes also the Beilis case in Kiev, which can be regarded that an anti-Jewish campaign launched by the all-Russian right rather than by Kiev antisemites. The pogroms shattered the hopes of most Jews for peaceful coexistence with non-Jews, but did not stop the Jewish migration to Kiev and their acculturation.

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Indiana University Press

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0253222079

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9780253222077

Know Thy Enemy

Evolving Attitudes towards "Others" in Modern Shiʿi Thought and Practice

By: Meir Litvak

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Know Thy Enemy

Evolving Attitudes towards "Others" in Modern Shiʿi Thought and Practice

By: Meir Litvak

In Know Thy Enemy, Meir Litvak analyzes the evolving attitudes towards various internal and external collective “others”, in post-revolutionary Iranian Shiʿism as a novel way to examine the formulation of Shiʿi self-perception and its place in the world.

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BRILL

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9004444688

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Martyrdom in Modern Islam

Piety, Power, and Politics

By: Meir Hatina

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Martyrdom in Modern Islam

Piety, Power, and Politics

By: Meir Hatina

An in-depth analysis of modern Islamic martyrdom and its various interpretations, positing martyrdom as a vital component of contemporary identity politics and power struggles.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107063078

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Identity Politics in the Middle East

Liberal Thought and Islamic Challenge in Egypt

By: Meir Hatina

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Identity Politics in the Middle East

Liberal Thought and Islamic Challenge in Egypt

By: Meir Hatina

The role of Islam in the state has become one of the most contentious issues in modern Middle Eastern society. It holds a central position in every public debate over constitution, law and civil rights, as well as over the very essence of cultural identity. Here Meir Hatina sheds light on the issue of Islam in the state through the prism of Egypt during the twentieth century. He traces the continuity of Egyptian liberalism, from its emergence during the first half of the century through its repression following the July 1952 revolution, to the rise of secular liberalists such as Faraj Fuda in post-revolutionary Egypt. 'Identity Politics' reveals the assertive nature of the Islamic struggle, the desire to remake the state by fostering a close affinity between faith and power, worship and politics, which holds contemporary resonance for all Middle Eastern states.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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085771340X

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9780857713407

Finance for Normal People

How Investors and Markets Behave

By: Meir Statman

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Finance for Normal People

How Investors and Markets Behave

By: Meir Statman

Finance for Normal People teaches behavioral finance to people like you and me - normal people, neither rational nor irrational. We are consumers, savers, investors, and managers - corporate managers, money managers, financial advisers, and all other financial professionals. The book guides us to know our wants-including hope for riches, protection from poverty, caring for family, sincere social responsibility and high social status. It teaches financial facts and human behavior, including making cognitive and emotional shortcuts and avoiding cognitive and emotional errors such as overconfidence, hindsight, exaggerated fear, and unrealistic hope. And it guides us to banish ignorance, gain knowledge, and increase the ratio of smart to foolish behavior on our way to what we want. These lessons of behavioral finance draw on what we know about us-normal people-including our wants, cognition, and emotions. And they draw on the roles of these factors in saving and spending, portfolio construction, returns we can expect from our investments, and whether we can hope to beat the market. Meir Statman, a founder of behavioral finance, draws on his extensive research and the research of many others to build a unified structure of behavioral finance. Its foundation blocks include normal behavior, behavioral portfolio theory, behavioral life-cycle theory, behavioral asset pricing theory, and behavioral market efficiency.

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Oxford University Press

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0190626496

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Kabbalistic Circles in Jerusalem (1896-1948)

By: Jonatan Meir

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Kabbalistic Circles in Jerusalem (1896-1948)

By: Jonatan Meir

This book endeavors to fill a lacuna in the literature on early twentieth-century kabbalah, namely the lack of a comprehensive account of the traditional kabbalah seminaries (Yeshivot) in Jerusalem from 1896 to 1948 as well as the various manifestations of kabbalah within traditional Jewish society. The foundations that were laid in the early twentieth century also paved the way for the contemporary blossoming of kabbalah in many and manifold circles. In this sense, retracing the pertinent developments in Palestine at the outset of the twentieth century is imperative not only for repairing the distorted picture of the past, but for understanding the ongoing surge in kabbalah study.

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9004321640

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Arab liberal thought in the modern age

By: Meir Hatina

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Arab liberal thought in the modern age

By: Meir Hatina

The provides in-depth analysis of Arab liberalism, which, although lacking public appeal and a compelling political underpinning, still sustained viability over time and remained a constant part of the Arab landscape.

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Manchester University Press

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1526142937

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Stepchildren of the Shtetl

The Destitute, Disabled, and Mad of Jewish Eastern Europe, 1800-1939

By: Natan M. Meir

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Stepchildren of the Shtetl

The Destitute, Disabled, and Mad of Jewish Eastern Europe, 1800-1939

By: Natan M. Meir

Memoirs of Jewish life in the east European shtetl often recall the hekdesh (town poorhouse) and its residents: beggars, madmen and madwomen, disabled people, and poor orphans. Stepchildren of the Shtetl tells the story of these marginalized figures from the dawn of modernity to the eve of the Holocaust. Combining archival research with analysis of literary, cultural, and religious texts, Natan M. Meir recovers the lived experience of Jewish society's outcasts and reveals the central role that they came to play in the drama of modernization. Those on the margins were often made to bear the burden of the nation as a whole, whether as scapegoats in moments of crisis or as symbols of degeneration, ripe for transformation by reformers, philanthropists, and nationalists. Shining a light into the darkest corners of Jewish society in eastern Europe—from the often squalid poorhouse of the shtetl to the slums and insane asylums of Warsaw and Odessa, from the conscription of poor orphans during the reign of Nicholas I to the cholera wedding, a magical ritual in which an epidemic was halted by marrying outcasts to each other in the town cemetery—Stepchildren of the Shtetl reconsiders the place of the lowliest members of an already stigmatized minority.

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Stanford University Press

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1503613062

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Shi'i Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq

The 'Ulama' of Najaf and Karbala'

By: Meir Litvak

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Shi'i Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq

The 'Ulama' of Najaf and Karbala'

By: Meir Litvak

In the nineteenth century, the shrine cities of Najaf and Karbala in Ottoman Iraq emerged as the most important Shi'i centres of learning. In a major contribution to the study of pre-modern Middle Eastern religious institutions, Meir Litvak analyses the social and political dynamics of these communities. Tracing the historical evolution of Shi'i leadership, he explores the determinants of social status amongst the ulama, the concept of patronage, the structure of learning, questions of ethnicity, and financial matters. He also assesses the role of the ulama as communal leaders who, in the face of a hostile Sunni government in Baghdad, were often obliged to adopt a more quietest political stance than their counterparts in Iran. This is an important book which sheds light on the formation of contemporary Shi'ism and the surrounding debates.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521892961

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Shi'i Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq

The 'Ulama' of Najaf and Karbala'

By: Meir Litvak

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The 'Ulama' of Najaf and Karbala'

By: Meir Litvak

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Know Thy Enemy

Evolving Attitudes Towards "others" in Modern Shiʻi Thought and Practice

By: Meir Litvak

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Know Thy Enemy

Evolving Attitudes Towards "others" in Modern Shiʻi Thought and Practice

By: Meir Litvak

In 'Know Thy Enemy', Meir Litvak analyzes the re-articulations of the "Others" in modern Shi'ism, as a novel way to examine the formulation of modern Shi'i 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 Shi'i 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 Shi'ism as the minority branch of Islam. It offers a complex view of Shi'i identity combining a sense of victimhood and insecurity together with conviction of intellectual and moral superiority and long-term triumph.

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Social, Economic and Political

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900443920X

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Know Thy Enemy

Evolving Attitudes towards "Others" in Modern Shiʿi Thought and Practice

By: Meir Litvak

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Evolving Attitudes towards "Others" in Modern Shiʿi Thought and Practice

By: Meir Litvak

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From Empathy to Denial

Arab Responses to the Holocaust

By: Meir Litvak,Esther Webman

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From Empathy to Denial

Arab Responses to the Holocaust

By: Meir Litvak,Esther Webman

From Empathy to Denial is the first comprehensive investigation of Holocaust denial in the Arab world, and is based on years of painstaking historical research of mostly Arabic language sources. The authors explore how Holocaust denial emerged after the Second World War, how it paralleled the wider Arab-Israeli conflict after the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 and how it subsequently became entangled with broader anti-Zionist and anti-Semitic sentiment. In particular Litvak and Webman look at the role of leading intellectuals, the media and other cultural forms in Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and among the Palestinians and how their representation of the Holocaust has evolved in the last sixty years.

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Hurst Publishers

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1849041555

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Martyrdom and Sacrifice in Islam

Theological, Political and Social Contexts

By: Meir Hatina

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Theological, Political and Social Contexts

By: Meir Hatina

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Martyrdom and Sacrifice in Islam

Martyrdom and Sacrifice in Islam

Kiev, Jewish Metropolis

Kiev, Jewish Metropolis

Know Thy Enemy

Know Thy Enemy

Martyrdom in Modern Islam

Martyrdom in Modern Islam

Identity Politics in the Middle East

Identity Politics in the Middle East

Finance for Normal People

Finance for Normal People

Kabbalistic Circles in Jerusalem (1896-1948)

Kabbalistic Circles in Jerusalem (1896-1948)

Arab liberal thought in the modern age

Arab liberal thought in the modern age

Stepchildren of the Shtetl

Stepchildren of the Shtetl

Shi'i Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq

Shi'i Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq

Shi'i Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq

Shi'i Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq

Know Thy Enemy

Know Thy Enemy

Know Thy Enemy

Know Thy Enemy

From Empathy to Denial

From Empathy to Denial

Martyrdom and Sacrifice in Islam

Martyrdom and Sacrifice in Islam

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