Expectation of the Millennium: Shi'ism in History - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0887068448 ISBN 13: 9780887068447

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1989

Synopsis

This is an anthology on the history, politics, and social aspects of Shi'ism including translations of original sources. It examines the historical development of Shi'ism, Shi'i political thought, the status of Shi'i minority communities in the Muslim world, and the life and works of prominent social and political thinkers. The book assesses the extent of the politicization process in Shi'ism in recent years and addresses that important question of the Shi'i attitude towards authority.

About this title

About the Author:

Seyyed Hossein Nasr is University Professor of Islamic Studies at George Washington University.

Hamid Dabashi is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

About this edition

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0887068448
• ISBN 13: 9780887068447
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 498
• Editor: Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr, Hamid Dabashi, Seyyed Hossein Nasr