A History of the Alawis: From Medieval Aleppo to the Turkish Republic
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
A History of the Alawis: From Medieval Aleppo to the Turkish Republic
By (Author) Stefan Winter
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
2nd January 2017
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Social groups: religious groups and communities
297.825109
Physical Properties
Paperback
328
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
454g
Description
The 'Alawis, or Alawites, are a prominent religious minority in northern Syria, Lebanon, and southern Turkey, best known today for enjoying disproportionate political power in war-torn Syria. In this book, Stefan Winter offers a complete history of the community, from the birth of the 'Alawi (Nusayri) sect in the tenth century to just after World W
Reviews
"Winter has produced a timely and informative history of the Alawis, an important religious minority located in today's Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey... Unlike most existing literature, Winter uses the vast and largely untouched sources from the Ottoman period to show the existence of a normalized rapport between the state and the Alawis."--Choice
Author Bio
Stefan Winter is associate professor of history at the Universite du Quebec a Montreal (UQAM). He is the author of The Shiites of Lebanon under Ottoman Rule.
