Mehran Kamrava (Georgetown University in Qatar)

How Islam Rules in Iran

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on the jurisprudential and ideological foundations of the Islamic Republic state, this book explores the relationship between Islam and politics in postrevolutionary Iran. It can be read at several levels, from informed observers and specialists to readers interested in Islamic studies, state-religion relations, and Shia jurisprudence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 363
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 534g
• ISBN-13: 9781009460842
• ISBN-10: 1009460846
• Artikelnr.: 69116916

Autorenporträt

Mehran Kamrava is Professor of Government at Georgetown University in Qatar. He also directs the Iranian Studies Unit at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies. Kamrava is the author of a number of journal articles and books, including, most recently, Righteous Politics: Power and Resilience in Iran (Cambridge University Press, 2023); A Dynastic History of Iran: From the Qajars to the Pahlavis (Cambridge University Press, 2022); Triumph and Despair: In Search of Iran's Islamic Republic (Oxford University Press, 2022); and A Concise History of Revolution (Cambridge University Press, 2020).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. The Setting
3. A Question of Jurisprudence
4. Social Protection and Guidance
5. Rethinking the Islamic Republic
6. Theorizing Islamic Democracy
7. Legitimate Authority
8. Khameneism and the Absolute Velayat-e Faqih
9. Whither the Islamic Republic?
Appendix
Glossary
Bibliography
Index.