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Based on more than two years of ethnographic fieldwork, I will focus on the work of the charities affiliated with the resistance movement in Lebanon. Using a Gramscian framework, I analyze how these charities are challenging Western secularism by re-mystifying liberal economic principles as a means to strengthen the resistance community—a process that is full of internal contradictions. Thus I conclude with some critical thoughts on ‘the resistance’ as a social project in Lebanon today.
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Marusek, S. (2016). Resistant Rationalities? Some Reflections on Shi’i Movements in Lebanon. In: Alnasseri, S. (eds) Arab Revolutions and Beyond. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59150-0_9
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