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Revolutionary Iran - Civil Society and State in the Modernization Process (Paperback)
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Revolutionary Iran - Civil Society and State in the Modernization Process (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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First published in 1998, Revolutionary Iran investigates two major
political transformations in the modern history of Iran: the
Constitutional Revolution of 1905-09 and the Islamic Revolution
1976-79 and their relation to the modernization of Iran in this
century. It addresses a core question: Why did the clergy not take
political power in the Constitutional Revolution when Iran was a
traditional society and they played a key leadership role in the
revolution; yet they succeeded in the more modern Iran of 1979.
Characterization of socio-economic relationships between the two
major influential groups of civil society in Iran and their role in
political transformation is considered central for answering such a
question. The book deals with revolution in terms of relationships
between civil society and state; which, it is argued, are central
to analysing and understanding modern movements in Iran and other
Islamic countries. The major contribution of the book can be
summarized as follows: It identifies a socio-political division of
power and influence between state and civil society during a long
period of Iran's Islamic history as the key theoretical basis for
understanding modern transformations of Iranian society. Such a
division has, so far, been largely ignored. It explores the clergy
and bazaris as the social basis of civil society in Iran, and
challenges Gellner's viewpoint that an Islamic civil society is an
impossibility. It argues that the modernization of religion and the
creation of modern political theories by the clergy were both
crucial means for defeating a modern authoritarian state and
seizing political power. It identifies the main social group
without whom the Islamic Revolution of Iran would not have achieved
political victory, i.e., the dispossessed. It presents a
theoretical basis for analysing and understanding new Islamic
movements in the Islamic world.
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