How Islam rules in Iran: theology and theocracy in the Islamic Republic
This study provides a comprehensive examination of the evolution of Islam as a ruling framework in postrevolutionary Iran up to the present day. Beginning with the position and structure of Iran's clerical establishment under the Islamic Republic, Kamrava delves into the jurisprudential debates...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cambridge ; New York, NY
Cambridge University Press
2024
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Further subjects: | B
Iran
Politics and government 1997-
B Islam and state History 21st century (Iran) B Islam and politics History 21st century (Iran) |
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| Summary: | This study provides a comprehensive examination of the evolution of Islam as a ruling framework in postrevolutionary Iran up to the present day. Beginning with the position and structure of Iran's clerical establishment under the Islamic Republic, Kamrava delves into the jurisprudential debates that have shaped the country's political institutions and state policies. Kamrava draws on extensive fieldwork to examine various religious narratives that inform the basis of contemporary Iranian politics, also revealing the political salience of common practices and beliefs, such as religious guardianship and guidance, Islam as a source of social protection, the relationship between Islam and democracy, the sources of divine and popular legitimacy, and the theoretical justifications for religious authoritarianism. Providing access to many Persian-language sources for the first time, Kamrava shows how religious intellectual production in Iran has impacted the ongoing transformation of Iranian Shi'ism and ultimately underwritten the fate of the Islamic Republic. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 May 2024) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 354 pages), digital, PDF file(s). |
| ISBN: | 1009460889 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781009460880 |