Fanar HADDAD, Sectarianism in Iraq - Antagonistic Visions of Unity

Authors : Serra CAN

Pages : 165-168

Doi:10.33458/uidergisi.525085

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Publication Date : 2018-09-01

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :Much of recent policy analyses on Iraq seem overwhelmed by simple but insufficient explanatory patterns  vis-à-vis  the sectarianism problematique between the Shi’as and the Sunnis of Iraq. Haddad’s work thus targets superficial approaches that portray Iraqi society as a fixed sectarian body. Whilst promoting a more sensitized perception of the sectarianism problem in Iraq, the author emphasizes how certain historical shifts, in particular the 1990-1991 and the post-2003 periods, have impacted sectarian sentiment within Iraqi society. In doing so, Haddad applies some constructivist analytical concepts such as the “myth-symbol complex”   which, he argues, explain the salience of sectarianism in given socio-political contexts. 
Keywords : Sectarianism, Iraq