1st Edition
Iran Political Culture in the Islamic Republic
284 Pages
by
Routledge
284 Pages
by
Routledge
284 Pages
by
Routledge
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Since the Islamic revolutionary movement overthrew the "Peacock Throne" (the Shah) in 1979 the Islamic Republic has maintained its credibility and the loyalty of the people of Iran. It has survived an extremely destructive war with Iraq, isolation from the West and the rest of the Middle East except Syria, and the death of the Ayaltollah Khomeini.
This book explores the social transformation of... Read more
Foreword Mansour Farsang 1. Introduction: Iran's political culture Samih K. Farsoun and Mehrdad Mashayeki 2. Gharbzadegi: the dominant intellectual discourse of pre- and post-revolutionary Iran Mehrzad Boroujerdi 3. Iran's Religious Establishment: the dialectics of politicization Mohammad Borghei 4. The Politics of Nationalism and Political Culture Mehrdad Mashayekhi 5. Islamic Man and Society in the Islamic Republic of Iran Manoucher Parvin and Mostafa Vaziri 6. Shi'ism and the State in the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohsen Milani 7. Education and the Culture of Politics in the Islamic Republic of Iran Rasool Nafisi 8. Islamizing Film Culture in Iran Hamid Nafici 9. Populism and Corporatism in Post-Revolutionary Iranian Political Culture Manosher Dorraj 10. Power Politics and Political Culture: US-Iran relations Thomas Ricks
Biography
Samih K. Farsoun, Mehrdad Mashayekhi
