Since the 1979 revolution, scholars and policy makers alike have
tended to see Iranian political actors as religiously
driven-dedicated to overturning the international order in line
with a theologically prescribed outlook. In Religious Statecraft,
Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar argues that such views have the link
between religious ideology and political order backwards. This
provocative book examines the politics of Islam rather than
political Islam-demonstrating that religious narratives can change
rapidly, frequently, and dramatically in accordance with elites'
threat perceptions. Tabaar traces half a century of shifting
Islamist doctrines against the backdrop of Iran's factional and
international politics. He argues that the Islamists' gambit to
capture the state depended on attaining a monopoly over the use of
religion. Tabaar explains how competing political actors
strategically construct and deploy Shia-inspired ideologies to gain
credibility and raise mass support. Based on micro-level analysis
of original material and documents recently released in the Persian
media as well as theological journals and political memoirs,
Religious Statecraft constructs a new picture of Iranian politics
and revises our understanding of the revolution, the U.S. embassy
hostage crisis, the Iran-Iraq War, the Green Movement, nuclear
politics, and U.S.-Iran relations.
General
Imprint: |
Columbia University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics |
Release date: |
May 2018 |
Authors: |
Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 32mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Trade binding
|
Pages: |
392 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-231-18366-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
LSN: |
0-231-18366-6 |
Barcode: |
9780231183666 |
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