A critical introduction to Khomeini / edited by Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, SOAS, University of London.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adib-Moghaddam, Arshin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Khomeini, Ruhollah.

Khomeini, Ruhollah--Political and social views.

Khomeini, Ruhollah--Influence.

Islam and state--Iran--History--20th century.

Islam and politics--Iran--20th century.

Islam and politics--Iran--21st century.

Politics and government.

Islam and politics.

Islam and state.

History.

Political and social views.

Iran--Politics and government--1979-.

Iran.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 318 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Contents:

Ayatollah Khomeini: a clerical revolutionary? / by Arshin Adib-Moghaddam

Khomeini and the "White Revolution" / by Fakhreddin Azimi

The rise of Khomeinism: problematizing the politics of resistance in pre-revolutionary Iran / by Mojtaba Mahdavi

Wilayat al-faqih and the meaning of Islamic government / by Amr GE Sabet

Ayatollah Khomeini's rule of the guardian jurist: from theory to practice / by Ali Rahnema

Khatt-e imam: the followers of Khomeini's line / by L.A. Reda

Khomeini and the West / by Mehran Kamrava

Gendered Khomeini / by Azadeh Kian

Hidden Khomeini: mysticism and poetry / by Lloyd Ridgeon

The divine, the people, and the faqih: on Khomeini's theory of sovereignty / by Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi

Khomeini's legacy on women's rights and roles in the Islamic Republic of Iran / by Arzoo Osanloo

To rule, or not to rule? an alternative look at the political life of Ayatollah Khomeini between 1960-1980 / by Sadegh Zibakalam

Khomeini and the decolonization of the political / by S. Sayyid

Contentious legacies of the Ayatollah / by Babak Rahimi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107012677

1107012678

9781107670624

1107670624

OCLC:

857740210