Against a background of weak and contested national identity and capricious interaction between religious affiliation and confessional politics, this book illustrates in detailed analysis this "comprehensive" project of Islamism according to its ideological and practical evolutionary change.

Autorentext
ROBERT RABIL is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Political Science Department at Florida Atlantic University, USA.

Inhalt
Greater Lebanon and the National Pact: The Elusiveness of National Identity The Confessional System Between Lebanonism and Pan-Arabism Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyah and Fathi Yakan: The Pioneer of Sunni Islamic Activism in Lebanon The Reassertion of Sectarianism and the Rise of Islamism The Islamists and the Political System: Al-Infitah and Lebanonization The Praxis of Islamism and Syrian Suzerainty The Takeover of Beirut: The Struggle for the State The Future of Islamism in Lebanon