Kamran Scot Aghaie

The Martyrs of Karbala

Shi'i Symbols and Rituals in Modern Iran

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Looks at the continuing political significance of religious rituals commemorating the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 154mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 382g
• ISBN-13: 9780295984551
• ISBN-10: 0295984554
• Artikelnr.: 13951017

Autorenporträt

Kamran Scot Aghaie is assistant professor of Islamic and Iranian history at the University of Texas at Austin.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. A Brief Historical Background of Shi'ism and Moharram
2. The Qajar Elites and Religious Patronage (1796-1925)
3. Qajar Society and Religious Culture: Tehran as a Case Study
4. The Pahlavi Regime and the Emergence of Secular Modernism (1925-1979)
5. Religious Rituals, Society, and Politics during the Pahlavi Period
6. Hoseyn, "The Prince of Martyrs"
7. Fatemeh, Zeynab, and Emerging Discourses on Gender
8. The Islamic Republic
9. Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index