| Description |
xii, 283 pages : 1 illustration, 1port ; 24cm |
| Series |
Studies in Middle Eastern history |
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Studies in Middle Eastern history (New York, N.Y.)
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| Contents |
I. Rise of the modern state and the transformation of society. Religion, government, and the social structure in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: Establishment of religious uniformity and consolidation of Shi'ite clerical power in Iran ; Collapse of the Safavid state and tribal domination of urban society in the eighteenth century ; The Qajar government and the social structure of Iran in the nineteenth century ; Emergence of the modern idea of the state and failure of centralizing reforms -- The constitutional revolution: 1905-1911: Revolution and parliamentary democracy: April 1905-June 1908 ; Constitutional reforms of the state: 1907-December 1911 ; Traditionalist counterrevolution and tribal civil war: 1908-March 1912 ; Compromises in the constitutional revolution -- Formation of the modern bureaucratic state in the twentieth century: Modernization of the state under Reza Shah ; Impact of the state on Iranian society ; Mohammed Reza Shah's "white revolution" and its consequences -- Shi'ism versus statism: Sources of conflict between the state and hierocracy ; Confrontations with the state during the constitutional revolution ; The era of Pahlavi modernization -- II. From temporal to theocratic absolutism. Khomeini and the Islamic revolutionary movement: The resurgence of Islam ; Revolutionary politicization of the Islamic movement ; Charismatic leadership and revolutionary traditionalism -- The revolution of February 1979: The myth of the Islamic revolution ; The revolutionary alignment of social classes ; The new middle class and the revolution ; Paralysis and collapse of the state ; The armed forces and the revolution ; The United States and the Iranian revolution -- Revolutionary Iran: February 1979-December 1982: Disintegration of the Pahlavi regime and establishment of dual power ; The clerical coup d'etat of November 1979 ; Termination of dual power and direct clerical takeover of the state -- Consolidation of Islamic theocracy: Principles of legitimacy of theocratic government and the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran ; Elimination of opposition and normalization ; Distinctive institutions of the Islamic Republic of Iran ; Continuities between pre- and post-revolutionary Iran -- III. Reflections on the Islamic revolution. The revolutionary transformation of Shi'ism: Transformation of the Shi'ite theory of authority ; Transformation of the Shi'ite law -- Significance of the Islamic revolution, a comparative perspective: Causes and preconditions of the Islamic revolution ; Teleology of the Islamic revolution ; Conclusion |
| Analysis |
Iran |
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Politics Role of Shiite Islam History |
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11030 Iran 21030 politics s0030 role history of in 31030 Islam Shiite |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 255-266 |
| Subject |
Islam and politics -- Iran.
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| SUBJECT |
Iran -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067909 -- 1979-
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Iran -- Politics and government -- 1979-1997. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067913
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Iran -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067910
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| LC no. |
87015231 |
| ISBN |
0195042573 (alk. paper) |
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0195042581 (paperback) |
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