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.

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Info autore

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Said Amir Arjomand
• Con la collaborazione di: Saïd Amir Arjomand (Editore)
• Editore: Ingram Publishers Services
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 08.07.1988
• EAN: 9780887066399
• ISBN: 978-0-88706-639-9
• Pagine: 393
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Peso: 544 g
• Serie: SUNY Series in Near Eastern St
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Islam, RELIGION / Islam / General, Religion - World Religions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Islamic Studies, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities