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  3. A Critical Introduction to Khomeini
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
June 2014
Print publication year:
2014
Online ISBN:
9780511998485
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511998485
Subjects:
Middle East Studies, Area Studies, History, Middle East History, Politics and International Relations, Middle East Government,Politics and Policy
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Book description

As the architect of the Iranian Revolution of 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini remains one of the most inspirational and enigmatic figures of the twentieth century. The revolution placed Iran at the forefront of Middle East politics and the Islamic revival. Twenty years after his death, Khomeini is revered as a spiritual and political figurehead in Iran and in large swathes of the Islamic world, while in the West he is remembered by many as a dictator and the instigator of Islamist confrontation. Arshin Adib-Moghaddam brings together distinguished and emerging scholars in this comprehensive volume, which covers all aspects of Khomeini's life and critically examines Khomeini the politician, the philosopher, and the spiritual leader, while considering his legacy in Iran and further afield in other parts of the Islamic world and the West. Written by scholars from varying disciplines, the book will prove invaluable to students and general readers interested in the life and times of Khomeini and the politics that he inspired.

Reviews

'This work is intended to provide advanced insight for students and researchers into the significance of Khomeini as a political innovator, religious leader, and historical figure in the establishment of the modern Islamic Republic of Iran. The essays cover topics such as Khomeini's role as a historical personality, his political philosophy and its application to the constitution and politics of Iran, his stance toward the West, and his attitudes toward issues of gender. Each contribution relates well to the theme, and the editor has done a remarkable job in integrating the work of various scholars. On the topic of Khomeini, this is one of the best works available. Summing up: highly recommended.'

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Contents

Contents
References
Further Reading
Works about Khomeini
Carlsen, Robin Woodsworth, Imam and His Islamic Revolution: A Journey into Heaven and Hell (Victoria, BC, Canada: Snow Man Press, 1982 Google Scholar).
Harmon, Daniel E., Spiritual Leaders and Thinkers: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2005 Google Scholar).
Koya, Abdar Rahman (ed.), Imam Khomeini: Life, Thought and Legacy (Kuala Lumpur: Islamic Book Trust, 2009 Google Scholar).
Martin, Vanessa, Creating an Islamic State: Khomeini and the making of a new Iran (London: I.B. Tauris, 2003 Google Scholar).
Moin, Baqer, Khomeini: Life of the Ayatollah (London: I.B. Tauris, 1999 Google Scholar).
Rahnema, Ali (ed.), Pioneers of Islamic Revival (London: Zed Books, 1984 Google Scholar).
Works about the Islamic Revolution
Abrahamian, Ervand, Khomeinism: Essays on the Islamic Republic (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993 Google Scholar).
Adib-Moghaddam, Arshin, On the Arab Revolts and the Iranian Revolution: Power and resistance today (New York: Bloomsbury, 2013 Google Scholar)
Adib-Moghaddam, Arshin, Iran in World Politics: The Question of the Islamic Republic (London/New York: C Hurst & Co. Publishers/Oxford University Press, 2007 Google Scholar).
Afary, Janet and Anderson, Kevin B., Foucault and the Iranian Revolution: Gender and the Seductions of Islamism (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005 CrossRef | Google Scholar).
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Works on Shi’i and Iranian History
Algar, Hamid, Religion and State in Iran 1785–1906 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1969 Google Scholar).
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Other
Al-e Ahmad, Jalal, Occidentosis: A Plague from the West (ed. Algar, Hamid, trans. Campbell, R.), (Berkeley: Mizan, 1984 Google Scholar).
Algar, Hamid (trans.), Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Berkeley: Mizan Press, 1980 Google Scholar).
Davari, Mahmood T., The Political Thought of Ayatollah Murtaza Muttahari: An Iranian Theoretician of the Islamic State (Oxford: Routledge, 2005 Google Scholar).
Rahnema, Ali, An Islamic Utopian: Political Biography of Ali Shari’ati (London: I.B. Tauris, 2000 Google Scholar).
Shari’ati, Ali, On the Sociology of Islam: Lectures by Ali Shari’ati (ed. Algar, Hamid), (Berkeley: Mizan Press, 2000 Google Scholar).

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