Sunnis and Shi‘a. A Political History. Interview with Laurence Louër

Laurence Louer (1)

1 CERI - Centre de recherches internationales (Sciences Po, CNRS)

Laurence Louër is the author of recently published Sunnis and Shi‘a. A Political History, with Princeton University Press. A great specialist of Shia Islam and politics as well as identity politics in the Middle East, Laurence answers our questions and helps us better understand the – mimetic – rivalry between Shi‘a and Sunni and its relation to other identities and political objectives. Interview by Miriam Perier, CERI.

Keywords: Islamic world; Sunnis; Shi'a; political history

Domains: Political science; History; Religions

Laurence Louer. Sunnis and Shi‘a. A Political History. Interview with Laurence Louër. 2020. ⟨hal-03392036⟩