All of them means all of them. The rise of anti-sectarian movements in Lebanon
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2021-07-04
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This research seeks to understand how anti-sectarian activism develops in Lebanon’s institutionalized consociational political system, where sectarianism is encroached into all spheres of society. Through a single-case study, and with use of new social movement theory and the debate surrounding ethnic identity, the incentives of protestors to join the October 17 movement were explored. Simultaneously, the protest movement is placed in Lebanon’s historical context, both in terms of sectarian history as well as other anti-sectarian movements which the country experienced. The results show that resistance to the sectarian system is a consequence of the presence of agency in identity construction, namely through people’s journey towards rejecting the consociational, sectarian power-sharing system, which binds politics and religion together, with the aim to ensure the continuation of power being centred around the sectarian elites. Various interrelated aspects ultimately lead people to participate and although every journey is undeniably different, this research was able to identify conditions conducive for anti-sectarian activism.
Key words: Lebanon, sectarianism, new social movements, ethnic identity
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen