Authority and Political Culture in Shi'ism

The major theme of this book is authority in Shi`ism with special emphasis on its institutionalization in different historic periods from the beginning of Shi`ism in the Middle Ages to the present.

Part I presents new material on important or neglected i

About the author

Saïd Amir Arjomand is Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology and Director of the Stony Brook Institute for Global Studies at Stony Brook University, State University of New York. He is the author and editor of many books, including Social Theory and Regional Studies in the Global Age and (with Nathan J. Brown) The Rule of Law, Islam, and Constitutional Politics in Egypt and Iran, both also published by SUNY Press.

Product details

• Authors: Said Amir Arjomand
• Assisted by: Saïd Amir Arjomand (Editor)
• Publisher: SUNY Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.07.1988
• EAN: 9780887066399
• ISBN: 978-0-88706-639-9
• No. of pages: 404
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 583 g
• Series: SUNY Series in Near Eastern St
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; RELIGION / Islam / General, Religion - World Religions