Order out of chaos : Islam, information, and the rise and fall of social orders in Iraq /
"When the Iraqi state collapsed in 2003, why were individuals in some localities able to work together to produce order amid anarchy? This book argues that Iraqis turned to the mosque because it had an unparalleled ability to communicate in ways that helped them coordinate their activities with...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca, New York :
Cornell University Press,
2022.
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| Series: | Religion and conflict (Cornell University Press)
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctv293p4wx |
Table of Contents:
- Order, authority, and identity
- The sanctions-era roots of postinvasion developments
- Collapse
- The emergence of local orders
- The geography of order
- Ayatollahs' networks and national authority
- The limits of Sunni religious authority
- Beyond Basra and beyond sermons.