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The Politics of Truth Management in Saudi Arabia

Exploring the management of truth in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, this book aims to investigate the ways in which the official truth is constructed and institutionalized in the country.

The Politics of Truth Management in Saudi Arabia argues that there are two interrelated notions which articulate the ways in which truth is conceptualized in Islam. One, at the macro level, constitutes the trans-historical foundational principles of the religion, a set of engrained beliefs which establish the finality and oneness of Islam in relation to other competing narratives. The other, at the micro level, takes place internally to find truth within the truth. Unlike Islamic truth at the macro level, which is entrenched, the Islamic truth at the micro level refers to the various attempts by different agencies to claim to have found the truth within the truth. Wahhabism, which is the product of an eighteenth-century revivalist movement, is portrayed as the most authentic reading of Islam. It is seen as the raison dtre for the prevailing political mechanism in the country and is introduced as an example of truth management at the micro level.

Arguing that truth is not born in a power vacuum and often its construction and institutionalization signify domination in one way or another, this book will be of interest to students of religion, politics and Saudi politics more specifically.

Afshin Shahi is a lecturer in Middle East Politics and International Relations at the University of Bradford.

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Afshin Shahi

The Politics of Truth Management in Saudi Arabia

Afshin Shahi

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