Description: Further DetailsTitle: KhomeinismCondition: NewISBN-10: 0520085035EAN: 9780520085039ISBN: 9780520085039Publisher: University of California PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 10/29/1993Description: 'Fanatic', 'dogmatic', 'fundamentalist' - these are the words most often used in the West to describe the Ayatollah Khomeini. The essays in this book challenge that view, arguing that Khomeini and his Islamic movement should be seen as a form of Third World political populism - a radical but pragmatic middle-class movement that strives to enter, rather than reject, the modern age. Ervand Abrahamian, while critical of Khomeini, asks us to look directly at the Ayatollah's own works and to understand what they meant to his principal audience - his followers in Iran. Abrahamian analyzes political tracts dating back to 1943, along with Khomeini's theological writings and his many public statements in the form of speeches, interviews, proclamations and fatwas (judicial decrees). What emerges, according to Abrahamian, is a militant, sometimes contradictory, political ideology that focuses not on issues of scripture and theology but on the immediate political, social, and economic grievances of workers and the middle class.These essays reveal how the Islamic Republic has systematically manipulated history through televised 'recantations', newspapers, school textbooks, and even postage stamps. All are designed to bolster the clergy's reputation as champions of the downtrodden and as defenders against foreign powers. Abrahamian also discusses the paranoia that permeates the political spectrum in Iran, contending that such deep distrust is symptomatic of populist regimes everywhere.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USAuthor: Ervand AbrahamianGenre: Law & PoliticsTopic: History, Society & Culture, Social SciencesRelease Year: 1993 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Khomeinism
Title: Khomeinism
ISBN-10: 0520085035
EAN: 9780520085039
ISBN: 9780520085039
Release Date: 10/29/1993
Release Year: 1993
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Khomeinism : Essays on the Islamic Republic
Number of Pages: 200 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 1993
Item Height: 0.6 in
Topic: Religious, World / Middle Eastern, Middle East / General
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 11.2 Oz
Author: Ervand Abrahamian
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
