Ethno-Religious Belonging in the Syrian Conflict

Between Communitarianism and Sectarianization

Bibliographic Data

ID10278375
AuthorsHarout Akdedian (corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume73
Issue3
Pages417-437
Publication date2019-10-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Middle East Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0026-3141 • E-ISSN: 1940-3461
PublisherThe Middle East Journal (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3751/73.3.14
OpenAlexW2981227503
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited12

Based on research conducted between 2011 and 2014 on how Syrians experience, interpret, and redefine ethnic and religious-based differences, this article explores the dynamics that have made sectarianism such a salient feature of the Syrian conflict. Two distinct forms of sectarianism are simultaneously at work: a preexisting ethno-religious communitarianism and a more recent, dehumanizing sectarian outlook that emerged during the conflict. While the two are correlated, they are outcomes of different processes and conditions. As a byproduct of the Syrian conflict, sectarianism can thus neither be deemed the outcome of a process superseding the conflict nor the expression of preexisting conditions

Communitarianism · Criminology · Dehumanization · Ethnic conflict · Ethnic group · Liberalism · Political science · Resentment · Sectarianism · Sociology · Anthropology · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Religion and Society Interactions

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