The Mystery of Contemporary IranTransaction Publishers, 7 oct. 2014 - 294 pages The mystery of how an Islamic dictatorship came to power remains more than thirty years after the Islamic Republicâ s inception in Iran. The precise nature of a regime that calls itself both a republic and Islamic but is neither is little understood. The ayatollahsâ unpopularity may have reached unprecedented heights, but their power seems more secure. Such paradoxes weigh heavily and judgments diverge. While public opinion wonders how an archaic theocratic regime could survive so long, some explain it in terms of Iranâ s continued modernization and the clergyâ s ability to reconcile itself with politics. Understanding the modernization process propelled by the Constitutional Revolution is difficult and raises questions. How and why could ideological Islam continue to dominate Iranian society since the late 1970s? How did it gain power and influence and overcome the reforms molded by the Constitutional Revolution? Mahnaz Shirali analyzes twentieth-century Iranian history to understand the Shiite clergyâ s role in a modernized countryâ s social and political organization. She explains what enabled the clergy to take over prevailing political forces and gain control of the state. Studying Iranâ s history for the past one hundred years reveals the force of a religious conservatism opposing political modernity, repelling any attempt at democracy by Iranians, thanks to its constant metamorphoses. Shirali studies the curse of the Shiite clergy on political modernity. It is a convincing, in-depth criticism of the ideological Islam imposed on Iran. |
Table des matières
Nationalism 19201953 | |
Modernization 19531978 | |
Communism 19201960 | |
Revolutionarism 19601978 | |
Ideological Islam 19601978 | |
Khomeinism | |
The PoliticalReligious Debate | |
Iran in a Changing World | |
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