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1. Religion and Society in Qajar Iran

   Edited by Robert Gleave

   Series: Routledge/BIPS Persian Studies Series

   Gleave brings together studies by experts in the area of religion in nineteenth-century Iran in order to present new insights into Qajar religion, political and cultural history. Key topics covered include the relationship between religion and the state, the importance of archival materials...

   Published December 20th 2009 by Routledge
2. The Political Thought of Ayatollah Murtaza Mutahhari

   An Iranian Theoretician of the Islamic State

   By Mahmood T. Davari

   Series: Routledge/BIPS Persian Studies Series

   Ayatollah Murtaza Mutahhari was a significant figure in the movement which brought the Islamic Republic of Iran into being. Mutahhari, a student of Ayatollah Khomeini and particularly close to his mentor, had broad theoretical concerns regarding religion, society and economy. He is generally...

   Published December 20th 2009 by Routledge
3. Reformers and Revolutionaries in Modern Iran

   New Perspectives on the Iranian Left

   Edited by Stephanie Cronin

   Series: Routledge/BIPS Persian Studies Series

   Even though the left has never held power in Iran, its impact on the political, intellectual and cultural development of modern Iran has been profound. This book's authors undertake a fundamental re-examination and re-appraisal of the phenomenon of leftist activism in Iran, interpreted in the...

   Published December 7th 2009 by Routledge
4. The Making of Modern Iran

   State and Society under Riza Shah, 1921-1941

   Edited by Dr Stephanie Cronin

   Series: Routledge/BIPS Persian Studies Series

   This collection of essays, by a distinguished group of specialists, offers a new and exciting interpretation of Riza Shah's Iran. A period of key importance, the years between 1921-1941 have, until now, remained relatively neglected. Recently, however, there has been a marked revival of interest in...

   Published November 15th 2007 by Routledge
5. Politics of Culture in Iran

   By Nematollah Fazeli

   Series: Routledge/BIPS Persian Studies Series

   This first full-length study of the history of Iranian anthropology charts the formation and development of anthropology in Iran in the twentieth century. The text examines how and why anthropology and culture became part of wider socio-political discourses in Iran, and how they were appropriated,...

   Published November 14th 2005 by Routledge
6. The Making of Modern Iran

   State and Society under Riza Shah, 1921-1941

   Edited by Stephanie Cronin

   Series: Routledge/BIPS Persian Studies Series

   This collection of essays, by a distinguished group of specialists, offers a new and exciting interpretation of Riza Shah's Iran. A period of key importance, the years between 1921-1941 have, until now, remained relatively neglected. Recently, however, there has been a marked revival of interest in...

   Published March 26th 2003 by Routledge
7. Iranian History and Politics

   The Dialectic of State and Society

   By Homa Katouzian

   Series: Routledge/BIPS Persian Studies Series

   This book contains the most detailed and comprehensive statement of Homa Katouzian's theory of arbitrary state and society in Iran, and its applications to Iranian history and politics, both modern and traditional. Every chapter is a study of its own specific topics while being firmly a part of the...

   Published January 22nd 2003 by Routledge