Religious statecraft : the politics of Islam in Iran / Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar.
Religious statecraft : the politics of Islam in Iran / Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar.
Religious statecraft : the politics of Islam in Iran / Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar.
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
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G 2018/3092
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English
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xii, 378 pages ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction : the politics of Islam -- Factional causes and religious consequences of politics -- A shi'a theory of the state -- The "Islamic" revolution -- Institutionalizing velayat-e faqih -- The hostage crisis : the untold account of the Communist threat -- Religion and elite competition in the...
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
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New York (State)
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[2018]
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In a revisionist reading of Iranian politics since the 1979 Islamic revolution, Mohammad Tabaar demonstrates that the causal link between religious ideology and political order as it has been perceived is perilously misguided. Instead of viewing ideology as a determinant of an actor's political objectives and interests, he examines the religious co...
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Religious statecraft : the politics of Islam in Iran / Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar.
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Columbia studies in Middle East politics
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2018/3092
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74VKVol5NrMg
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9780231183666 hardcover ; alkaline paper
0231183666 hardcover ; alkaline paper
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322.10955
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991024171218802626
