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From Westoxication to the Decline of the West by Meir Litvak is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
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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
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Meir Litvak
- Publisher
- Koninklijke Brill N.V.
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789004439207
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Islam, Science, Religion
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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