Hezbollah, Islamist Politics, and International Society

1. Introduction: Studying the Impact of International Norms on Islamist Politics 2. The Western Critique of Liberalism: Communitarianism 3. Islamist Critiques of Liberalism: ?Abduh, Qu?b, al-?adr and Khomeini 4. Islamism as Communitarianism: A comparative Analysis? 5. The Rise of Political Shi?ism in Lebanon 6. Non-Combatant Immunity and Israel-Hezbollah Wars: The Case of the April Understanding 7. Hezbollah and Human Rights Legislation in the Lebanese Parliament 8. Hezbollah and UNSC Resolutions 1559 and 1701 9. Community, Person and International Norms in Hezbollah's Political Language: Comparing the 1985 Open Letter and the 2009 Political Document 10. Conclusions: the Impact of International Norms on Islamist Politics,