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Khomeinism

Paperback • 1993 • English

Khomeinism: essays on the Islamic Republic

By Ervand Abrahamian

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About the book

The media in the West have labeled Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution of 1979 as "fanatical," "dogmatic," "atavistic," and, most frequently, "fundamentalist." Meanwhile, Orientalist scholars have tended to see contemporary Iran as yet another sign that the Muslim world is trapped in a closed circuit, incapable of entering the modern era and escaping the "Golden Age" of early Islam. In Khomeinism: Essays on the Islamic Republic, Ervand Abrahamian challenges the conventional view of the recent re...Show more

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9781850437789

Publisher

Tauris

Published year

1993

Language

English

Original title

Khomeinism

Format

Paperback

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