{"product_id":"khomeinism-essays-on-the-islamic-republic-9780520085039","title":"Khomeinism: Essays on the Islamic Republic","description":"\"Fanatic,\" \"dogmatic,\" \"fundamentalist\"-these are the words most often used in the West to describe the Ayatollah Khomeini. The essays in this book challenge that view, arguing that Khomeini and his Islamic movement should be seen as a form of Third World political populism-a radical but pragmatic middle-class movement that strives to enter, rather than reject, the modern age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErvand Abrahamian, while critical of Khomeini, asks us to look directly at the Ayatollah's own works and to understand what they meant to his principal audience-his followers in Iran. Abrahamian analyzes political tracts dating back to 1943, along with Khomeini's theological writings and his many public statements in the form of speeches, interviews, proclamations and \u003ci\u003efatwas\u003c\/i\u003e (judicial decrees). What emerges, according to Abrahamian, is a militant, sometimes contradictory, political ideology that focuses not on issues of scripture and theology but on the immediate political, social, and economic grievances of workers and the middle class.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese essays reveal how the Islamic Republic has systematically manipulated history through televised \"recantations,\" newspapers, school textbooks, and even postage stamps. All are designed to bolster the clergy's reputation as champions of the downtrodden and as defenders against foreign powers. Abrahamian also discusses the paranoia that permeates the political spectrum in Iran, contending that such deep distrust is symptomatic of populist regimes everywhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-1127\"\u003eErvand Abrahamian\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.01w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520085039\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520085035\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS026000\"\u003eMiddle East | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eErvand Abrahamian\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at Baruch College at the City University of New York. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eIran Between Two Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e (1982) and \u003ci\u003eThe Iranian Mojahedin\u003c\/i\u003e (1989).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44443333755117,"sku":"9780520085039","price":51.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_71ed50da-b853-4c8b-899d-e34b12347e91.jpg?v=1700228632","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/khomeinism-essays-on-the-islamic-republic-9780520085039","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}