Class cleavages and ethnic conflict: Coptic Christian communities in modern Egyptian politics
Whereas the political claims of Egyptian Islamists have attracted much attention in Western media and scholarly circles, only rarely have such circles acknowledged the role played by ethno‐religious consciousness among Coptic Christians in Egyptian political life. This article analyzes the developme...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονικά/Εκτύπωση Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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Routledge
1999
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Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Έτος: 1999, Τόμος: 10, Τεύχος: 2, Σελίδες: 219-236 |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Religious conflict
B Religious identity B Egypt Religiöse Bevölkerungsgruppe Copts Verhältnis Religionsgemeinschaft - Staat Religious conflict Ethnic conflict B State B Minority question B Copts B Egypt B Religious organization B Population group |
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| Σύνοψη: | Whereas the political claims of Egyptian Islamists have attracted much attention in Western media and scholarly circles, only rarely have such circles acknowledged the role played by ethno‐religious consciousness among Coptic Christians in Egyptian political life. This article analyzes the development of this consciousness through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as the socio‐economic roots of ‘Coptist’ political action. Accorded particular attention is the emergence of an explicitly sectarian political discourse among groups of middle‐class Copts in the 1970s, and the related spread of ethnic consciousness through the Coptic community at large since that time. |
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| ISSN: | 0959-6410 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09596419908721181 |