Inventing Lebanon

Nationalism and State under the Mandate

Bibliographic Data

ID19916722
AuthorsKais M Firro (corresponding author), Kais Firro
Year2002
Publication date2002-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueInventing Lebanon (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherI.B.Tauris (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5040/9780755611829
OpenAlexW4240748557
ISBN9780755611829
Open LibraryOL15545402M
LanguageEN
Citations received16

This study examines the history behind an idea: a new polity of “Greater Lebanon”. It shows how, under the powerful influence of the French Mandate, various groups of the local elite attempted to create what amounted to a new Lebanese nationalism, carving the state into Maronite Christian, Sunni and Shiite power bases. The results only accentuated the divisions already inherent in this multi-ethnic and multi-faith society, and were to pave the way for the instability and wars that have plagued the country ever since

Ancient history · Archaeology · Carving · Economic history · Elite · Ethnic group · Faith · Islam · Mandate · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Polity · Power (physics) · Sociology · State (computer science) · Theology · History · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Philosophy · Religious studies · 20th century · Lebanon · politics and government

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