Marcello Mollica
Biographic Data
| ID | 5145771 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marcello Mollica |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marcello |
| FAMILY NAME | Mollica |
| SIGNATURE | MOLLICA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Messina |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1792-7959 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Hezbollah’s Mobilization Strategy
Inter-Communal Relations in the Context of a Sectarian Society
This paper explores why the production of communal fear via demographic and political-economic factors can explain group behavior (here the Maronites of Lebanon) in diverse ethnic, religious and sectarian plural societies rather than a strict reliance on structural and instrumental explanations. It argues that communal fear, deeply entrenched in political, socioeconomic and anthropological interpretations of groups’ fertility rates, migration pat…
The Twenty-Five Turkish Alawi From Tokat And The Creation Of The Alawite Bektash Italia in Lecco
This paper aims to shed light on the rationale behind the creation of the first Italian Alawi association, the Alawite Bektashi Italia. It is based on fieldwork, interviews and participant observations conducted in the northern Italian city of Lecco mostly in 2018 and 2019. However, fieldwork trips date back to 2016. The association is mainly formed by Alawis coming from the rural areas of the Turkish Middle Black Sea Region of Tokat. The paper r…
The tradition of tattooing in Siverek, Turkey
Looking at the relationship between tattooing and its past and present Islamic interpretations, this article presents the case of an old tattooing practice that transformed into a folk belief. Setting aside the antagonistic tension between tattooing as an adorning means and Islamic injunctions prohibiting tattooing, this article assesses the practice by reference to the ways it was recently encapsulated within a narrative of fashion, usage and cu…
Disappearing Old Christian Professions in the Middle East
Pushee weavers (Syrian Christian weavers of traditional silk cloth) have always been part and parcel of the Diyarbakır middle class. Following the events of the Ottoman Wars (1908-22), their social, political, economic and cultural life fluctuated between periods of prosperity and periods of oppression. The first great wave of migration to Diyarbakır followed the Russian occupation (1915-16). A second larger wave that was to modify the very demog…
Sectarian dynamics of multicultural norms and the law in Lebanon
The aim of this article is to show how the institutionalised multicultural political \narrangements in Lebanon may have provided for a certain period a degree of local \nharmony and related toleration when national demographics were relatively stable (or \ndemographic growth was somehow similar within groups or harmony was somehow \nimposed) but it has not been a force for the same once demographic change has \n(dramatically) occurred, since it a…
The Human Body as a Terrorist Weapon
This article argues that a major factor in terrorist acts is an appeal to the actor's own community at an emotional and symbolic level, through acts of sacrifice, particularly self-sacrifice. Although other aims also exist, a prime concern is to recall the actor's home audience to the struggle, because the actor regards himself as acting on their behalf. This utilizes the imagery and symbolism of traditional religion, implying a strong communal a…
The Human Body as a Terrorist Weapon
This article argues that a major factor in terrorist acts is an appeal to the actor's own community at an emotional and symbolic level, through acts of sacrifice, particularly self-sacrifice. Although other aims also exist, a prime concern is to recall the actor's home audience to the struggle, because the actor regards himself as acting on their behalf. This utilizes the imagery and symbolism of traditional religion, implying a strong communal a…
Hezbollah’s Mobilization Strategy
Inter-Communal Relations in the Context of a Sectarian Society
This paper explores why the production of communal fear via demographic and political-economic factors can explain group behavior (here the Maronites of Lebanon) in diverse ethnic, religious and sectarian plural societies rather than a strict reliance on structural and instrumental explanations. It argues that communal fear, deeply entrenched in political, socioeconomic and anthropological interpretations of groups’ fertility rates, migration pat…
The tradition of tattooing in Siverek, Turkey
Looking at the relationship between tattooing and its past and present Islamic interpretations, this article presents the case of an old tattooing practice that transformed into a folk belief. Setting aside the antagonistic tension between tattooing as an adorning means and Islamic injunctions prohibiting tattooing, this article assesses the practice by reference to the ways it was recently encapsulated within a narrative of fashion, usage and cu…
The Human Body as a Terrorist Weapon
This article argues that a major factor in terrorist acts is an appeal to the actor's own community at an emotional and symbolic level, through acts of sacrifice, particularly self-sacrifice. Although other aims also exist, a prime concern is to recall the actor's home audience to the struggle, because the actor regards himself as acting on their behalf. This utilizes the imagery and symbolism of traditional religion, implying a strong communal a…
Sectarian dynamics of multicultural norms and the law in Lebanon
The aim of this article is to show how the institutionalised multicultural political \narrangements in Lebanon may have provided for a certain period a degree of local \nharmony and related toleration when national demographics were relatively stable (or \ndemographic growth was somehow similar within groups or harmony was somehow \nimposed) but it has not been a force for the same once demographic change has \n(dramatically) occurred, since it a…
Disappearing Old Christian Professions in the Middle East
Pushee weavers (Syrian Christian weavers of traditional silk cloth) have always been part and parcel of the Diyarbakır middle class. Following the events of the Ottoman Wars (1908-22), their social, political, economic and cultural life fluctuated between periods of prosperity and periods of oppression. The first great wave of migration to Diyarbakır followed the Russian occupation (1915-16). A second larger wave that was to modify the very demog…
The tradition of tattooing in Siverek, Turkey
Looking at the relationship between tattooing and its past and present Islamic interpretations, this article presents the case of an old tattooing practice that transformed into a folk belief. Setting aside the antagonistic tension between tattooing as an adorning means and Islamic injunctions prohibiting tattooing, this article assesses the practice by reference to the ways it was recently encapsulated within a narrative of fashion, usage and cu…
The Twenty-Five Turkish Alawi From Tokat And The Creation Of The Alawite Bektash Italia in Lecco
This paper aims to shed light on the rationale behind the creation of the first Italian Alawi association, the Alawite Bektashi Italia. It is based on fieldwork, interviews and participant observations conducted in the northern Italian city of Lecco mostly in 2018 and 2019. However, fieldwork trips date back to 2016. The association is mainly formed by Alawis coming from the rural areas of the Turkish Middle Black Sea Region of Tokat. The paper r…
Inter-Communal Relations in the Context of a Sectarian Society
This paper explores why the production of communal fear via demographic and political-economic factors can explain group behavior (here the Maronites of Lebanon) in diverse ethnic, religious and sectarian plural societies rather than a strict reliance on structural and instrumental explanations. It argues that communal fear, deeply entrenched in political, socioeconomic and anthropological interpretations of groups’ fertility rates, migration pat…
Hezbollah’s Mobilization Strategy
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