Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar

Religious Statecraft

The Politics of Islam in Iran

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Produktbeschreibung

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 elitesâ threat perceptions. Religious Statecraft constructs a new picture of Iranian politics in which power drives Islamist ideology.

Produktdetails

• Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics
• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 148mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 598g
• ISBN-13: 9780231183673
• ISBN-10: 0231183674
• Artikelnr.: 56145534

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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