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The Iranian revolution still baffles most Western observers. Few considered the rise of theocracy in a modernized state possible, and fewer thought it might result from a popular revolution. Said Amir Arjomand's The Turban for the Crown provides a thoughtful, painstakingly researched,and intelligible account of the turmoil in Iran which reveals the importance of this singular event for our understanding of revolutions. Providing crucial historical background, Arjomand examines both the structure of authority in Shi'ism (one of the two main branches of Islam) and the impact of the modern state on Iranian society, two factors essential to the comprehension of the revolution of 1979...

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Subjects
Politics and government, Islam and politics, History, Nonfiction, Iran, politics and government, Iran, religion, Jihad, Islam et politique, Fundamentalismus, Islamische Revolution, Islam, Politik, Reislamisierung, Revoluties, Politique et gouvernement, Geschichte (1979-1988), Revolution (1978-1979), REVOLUTIONS, POLITICAL CONDITIONS, SOCIAL CONDITIONS, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF), Iran, history
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Iran
Times
20th century, 1979-1997, 1979-

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2007, Oxford University Press
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The Turban for the Crown: The Islamic Revolution in Iran (Studies in Middle Eastern History)
November 16, 1989, Oxford University Press, USA
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1988, Oxford University Press
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Turban for the Crown: Islamic Revolution in Iran
1988, Oxford University Press
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The turban for the crown: the Islamic Revolution in Iran
1988, Oxford University Press
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1988, Oxford University Press
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Bibliography: p. 255-266.
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Studies in Middle Eastern history, Studies in Middle Eastern history (New York, N.Y.)

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955/.05
Library of Congress
DS316.6 .A74 1988

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xii, 283 p. ;
Number of pages
283

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OL2386251M
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0195042573
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363884
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