cam a22 4500 530151146 CHVBK 20201009215307.0 m d cr |n |||||||| 170331s2018 nyu sb 001 0 eng d 2017014876 978-0-231-18366-6 (cloth : alk. paper) 978-0-231-54506-8 (ebook) (SERSOL)ssj0001979198 (WaSeSS)ssj0001979198 DGU/DLC eng DGU DLC WaSeSS rda BP173.7 .T32 2018 322/.10955 23 Tabaar Mohammad author Religious statecraft the politics of Islam in Iran Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar New York Columbia University Press 2018 1 online resource (xii, 378 pages cm) text txt rdacontent/eng computer c rdamedia/eng online resource cr rdacarrier/eng Columbia studies in Middle East politics Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-359) and index. Introduction : the politics of Islam -- Factional causes and religious consequences of politics -- A shi'a theory of the state -- The "Islamic" revolution -- Institutionalizing velayat-e faqih -- The hostage crisis : the untold account of the Communist threat -- Religion and elite competition in the Iran-Iraq war -- The metamorphosis of Islamism after the war -- The factional battle over Khomeini's velayat-e faqih -- Media, religion, and the green movement -- Historical revisionism and regional threats -- The domestic sources of nuclear politics. Lizenzbedingungen können den Zugang einschränken. License restrictions may limit access. In a revisionist reading of Iranian politics since the 1979 Islamic revolution, Mohammad Tabaar demonstrates that the causal link between religious ideology and political order as it has been perceived is perilously misguided. Instead of viewing ideology as a determinant of an actor's political objectives and interests, he examines the religious consequences of politics. The conflict and violence that has been interpreted as an outcome of an ideology should rather be examined as causes of that particular ideology. Tabaar rejects the claim that Shi'a theology independently led to the Islamic Revolution in Iran and shapes its consequences. In actuality, a Shi'a ideology was specifically constructed to engender and preserve the revolution. That is not to say that religion does not matter. Religious ideas, ideals, and ideologies do play critical roles in generating mass mobilization and elite cohesion. It is precisely because political actors are aware of this function that they invest so much political capital in developing and deploying religious ideologies. Tabaar traces half a century of doctrinal changes against the background of Iranian domestic and international politics, and he argues that Islamic ideology is not only used but more importantly is constructed and strategically institutionalized by elites to deal with changing opportunities and threat perceptions. Islam and politics Iran History 20th century Islam and politics Iran History 21st century Shīʻah Iran Iran Politics and government 1979-1997 Iran Politics and government 1997- https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9780231545068 Uni Basel: Volltext https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9780231545068 Uni Bern: Volltext BK020053 XK020053 XK020000 De Gruyter PDA SSH eBooks De Gruyter PDA STM eBooks E-Books von 360MarcUpdates PDA Package: All eBook Content, incl. OWV/AV PDA5EBK IDSBB A145 A145 145VT NELA1451810 IDSBB B405 B405 405VT NELB4052004 IDSBB 100 1- Tabaar Mohammad author IDSBB 490 1- Columbia studies in Middle East politics IDSBB 856 40 https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9780231545068 Uni Basel: Volltext IDSBB 856 40 https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9780231545068 Uni Bern: Volltext SWISSBIB 519416791