1st Edition
Theology of Discontent The Ideological Foundation of the Islamic Revolution in Iran
By Hamid Dabashi
Copyright 2006
706 Pages
by
Routledge
706 Pages
by
Routledge
706 Pages
by
Routledge
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Scores of books and articles have been published, addressing one or another aspect of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Missing from this body of scholarship, however, has been a comprehensive analysis of the intellectual and ideological cornerstones of one of the most dramatic revolutions in our time. In this remarkable volume, Hamid Dabashi brings together, in a sustained and engagingly written... Read more
Introduction: Formative Forces of “the Islamic Ideology”; 1: Jalal Al-e Ahmad: The Dawn of “the Islamic Ideology”; 2: Ali Shari‘ati: The Islamic Ideologue Par Excellence; 3: Morteza Motahhari: The Chief Ideologue of the Islamic Revolution; 4: Sayyid Mahmud Taleqani: The Father of the Revolution; 5: Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Hossein Tabataba’i: The Philosophical Dimensions of “the Islamic Ideology”; 6: Mehdi Bazargan: The Devout Engineer; 7: Abolhasan Bani-Sadr: The Monotheist Economist; 8: Ayatollah Khomeini: The Theologian of Discontent; Conclusion: Dimensions of “The Islamic Ideology”
Biography
Hamid Dabashi
