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Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: Focus of the study
• Methodology and structure
• Notes
• 1. Conceptual framework
• Truth management
• Islamic truth at the macro level
• Truth management at the micro level
• Leadership
• Narrative construction
• Socialization
• Violence
• Conclusion
• Notes
• 2. Narrative construction and leadership
• genealogy of Wahhabism
• Embryonic construction of Wahhabi narratives
• Socio-political conditions in Najd before Wahhabism
• Saudi leadership and the expansion of Wahhabism
• Towards formation of the modern Saudi state
• Conclusion

• Notes
• 3. Towards socialization
• Introduction
• Trans-tribal Saudi-Wahhabi order: towards construction of the nation-state
• Towards institution building
• Oil: a determining factor for institution building
• Dar Al-Ifta
• Ministry of Islamic Affairs: an agent of religious clientelism
• Symbolic capital: the guardianship of the holy sites
• Ulama
• Conclusion
• Notes
• 4. Education
• Introduction
• On education
• Education in Saudi Arabia: an overview
• Religious studies: the wheel of truth management in the education system
• Rewriting history: contextualizing the ̀truth'
• Higher education: the continuation of Wahhabization
• Paradoxes of reform and dilemmas of the ǹew' educational direction
• Conclusion
• Notes
• 5. On violence
• Introduction
• State and violence: an overview
• use of violence and the Saudi-Wahhabi alliance
• Violence: the historic foundation of the modern Saudi state
• Mutawwi'in: the violent guardians of morality
• Sexual segregation
• Violence and political control
• Conclusion
• Notes.

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Author/Creator:

Shahi, Afshin

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The politics of truth management in Saudi Arabia [by Shahi, A.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Politics of truth management in Saudi Arabia [by Shahi, A.] (ISBN 9780415711401; ISBN 0415711401; LCCN 2013023256)

Related Series:

Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics; [volume] 60

Subjects:

Truthfulness and falsehood — Saudi Arabia

Wahhābīyah

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

BJ1421 .S53 2013

ISBNs:

1315884542
9781315884547
1306186072
9781306186070
9780415711401 [Invalid]
0415711401 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

867904108

Other Control Numbers:

671895 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp11412465