The Use of Sectarian Ties Inside Syrian Modern Political System  

作　　者：Valentina Zecca 

机构地区：[1]University of Calabria,Cosenza,Italy

出　　处：《Cultural and Religious Studies》2017年第9期576-583,共8页文化与宗教研究（英文版）

摘　　要：This article explores the concept of sects as social formations and the process of secularization sects has been undergone in the modern era, implying their exposition to political manipulation by various internal and external actors. We analyse this subject in the context of the modern Syrian State and, in particular, with reference to the political system established by President Hafez al-Asad in the 70’s. The use of sectarian ties appears as part of the regime patrimonial features, being a political strategy used in order to bind particular society’s groups to the regime. In this sense, sectarianism has nothing to do with religion and it requires to be analysed as a socio-political phenomenon. This kind of analysis permits also to confute the identification between the Asad regime and the Alawite community and to understand the complexity of the relation between the President and the community he originated from.

关 键 词：SYRIA SECTARIANISM Hafez al-Asad PATRONAGE national state 

分 类 号：N94[自然科学总论—系统科学] TU998.1[建筑科学—市政工程]