Religious Statecraft - The Politics of Islam in Iran

Zusatztext Stand[s] out among the existing studies of the Islamic Republic and its supposedly unfathomable political behavior. Informationen zum Autor Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar is an assistant professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University and a fellow at the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University. Klappentext Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar traces half a century of shifting Islamist doctrines, demonstrating that religious narratives in Iran can change rapidly, frequently, and dramatically in accordance with elites¿ threat perceptions. Religious Statecraft constructs a new picture of Iranian politics in which power drives Islamist ideology. Zusammenfassung Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar traces half a century of shifting Islamist doctrines, demonstrating that religious narratives in Iran can change rapidly, frequently, and dramatically in accordance with elites’ threat perceptions. Religious Statecraft constructs a new picture of Iranian politics in which power drives Islamist ideology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction: The Politics of Islam 1. The Factional Causes and Religious Consequences of Politics 2. A Shi’a Theory of the State 3. The “Islamic” Revolution 4. Institutionalizing Velayat-e Faqih 5. The Hostage Crisis: The Untold Account of the Communist Threat 6. Religion and Elite Competition in the Iran–Iraq War 7. The Metamorphosis of Islamism After the War 8. The Factional Battle Over Khomeini’s Velayat-e Faqih 9. Media, Religion, and the Green Movement 10. Historical Revisionism and Regional Threats 11. The Domestic Sources of Nuclear Politics Conclusion Notes Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9780231183673
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18367-3
• Pagine: 392
• Serie: Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics; Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; Islam, Iran, History, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, RELIGION / Islam / History, HISTORY / Middle East / Iran, Middle East, History of Religion, Politics and government, Middle Eastern history, Regional / International studies, Religion and Politics, Social groups: religious groups and communities