Religious Statecraft : : The Politics of Islam in Iran / / Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar.
Since the 1979 revolution, scholars and policy makers alike have tended to see Iranian political actors as religiously driven-dedicated to overturning the international order in line with a theologically prescribed outlook. This provocative book argues that such views have the link between religious...
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Tabaar, Mohammad Ayatollahi, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Religious Statecraft : The Politics of Islam in Iran / Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2018] ©2018 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics Frontmatter -- Contents -- 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Since the 1979 revolution, scholars and policy makers alike have tended to see Iranian political actors as religiously driven-dedicated to overturning the international order in line with a theologically prescribed outlook. This provocative book argues that such views have the link between religious ideology and political order in Iran backwards. Religious Statecraft examines the politics of Islam, rather than political Islam, to achieve a new understanding of Iranian politics and its ideological contradictions.Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar traces half a century of shifting Islamist doctrines against the backdrop of Iran's factional and international politics, demonstrating that religious narratives in Iran can change rapidly, frequently, and dramatically in accordance with elites' threat perceptions. He argues that the Islamists' gambit to capture the state depended on attaining a monopoly over the use of religious narratives. Tabaar explains how competing political actors strategically develop and deploy Shi'a-inspired ideologies to gain credibility, constrain political rivals, and raise mass support. He also challenges readers to rethink conventional wisdom regarding the revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini, the U.S. embassy hostage crisis, the Iran-Iraq War, the Green Movement, nuclear politics, and U.S.-Iran relations. Based on a micro-level analysis of postrevolutionary Iranian media and recently declassified documents as well as theological journals and political memoirs, Religious Statecraft constructs a new picture of Iranian politics in which power drives Islamist ideology. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mrz 2022) Islam and politics Iran History 20th century. Islam and politics Iran History 21st century. Shīʻah Iran. Shīʻah Iran. RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 9783110606607 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2018 English 9783110604252 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2018 9783110603255 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Economics and Social Sciences 2018 English 9783110604016 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Social Sciences 2018 9783110603231 ZDB-23-DSW print 9780231183666 https://doi.org/10.7312/taba18366 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231545068 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231545068/original |
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Tabaar, Mohammad Ayatollahi, Tabaar, Mohammad Ayatollahi, Religious Statecraft : The Politics of Islam in Iran / Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics Frontmatter -- Contents -- 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 |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- 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 |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- 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 |
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