Introduction: In Search of the "Real" Iran -- 1. Remapping Charisma -- 2. Ascetic Mysticism and the Roots of Khomeini's Charisma -- 3. Absorbing the Multiple Imaginations of the Islamic Left: From Shari'ati to Khomeini -- 4. The Rule of the Jurist: Genesis of a Revolutionary Doctrine -- 5. Dissonant Institutionalization: The Imam in Power -- 6. The Trials and Tribulations of Complex Routinization -- 7. Children (and One Father) of the Revolution -- 8. Disenchantment, Charisma, and . . . Reform? -- Conclusion: Fear and Joy