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The Shadow of God and the Hidden Imam: Religion, Political Order, and Societal Change in Shi’ite Iran from the Beginning to 1890

By Said Amir Arjomand

Book information

Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
2010
ISBN
0226027848, 9780226027845
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (14306846 bytes)
Series
Publications of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Edition
Reprint
Pages
368\367
Time added
2017-09-15 21:30:21
Iran;Middle East;History;Islam;Religious;World;His

Description

Dismissing oversimplified and politically charged views of the politics of Shi'ite Islam, Said Amir Arjomand offers a richly researched sociological and historical study of Shi'ism and the political order of premodern Iran that exposes the roots of what became Khomeini's theocracy.

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