عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
HM641 .R3 2011
HM641
.
R3
2011
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
978-1-107-00518-1
(Number (ISBN
978-0-521-18221-8
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
461750
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc
انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Superstition as ideology in Iranian politics
Other Title Information
: Majlesi to Ahmadinejad
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Ali Rahnema.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
; New York
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Cambridge University Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2011.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xii, 320 p.
Dimensions
; 24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Cambridge Middle East studies
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
English
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-311) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"A superstitious reading of the world based on religion may be harmless at a private level, yet employed as a political tool it can have more sinister implications. As this fascinating book by Ali Rahnema, a distinguished Iranian intellectual, relates, superstition and mystical beliefs have endured and influenced ideology and political strategy in Iran from the founding of the Safavid dynasty in the sixteenth century to the present day. The endurance of these beliefs has its roots in a particular brand of popular Shiism, which was compiled and systematized by the eminent cleric Mohammad Baqer Majlesi in the seventeenth century. Majlesi, who is considered by some to be the father of Iranian Shiism, encouraged believers to accept fantastical notions as part of their faith and to venerate their leaders as superhuman. As Rahnema demonstrates through a close reading of the Persian sources and with examples from contemporary Iranian politics, it is this supposed connectedness to the hidden world that has allowed leaders such as Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mahmud Ahmadinejad to present themselves and their entourage as representatives of the divine, and their rivals as the embodiment of evil"--
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Entry Element
Ideology
Entry Element
Islam and politics
Entry Element
Shīʻah
Entry Element
Political psychology
Entry Element
Superstition
Form Subdivision
Case studies.
Topical Subdivision
History.
Topical Subdivision
History.
Topical Subdivision
History.
Topical Subdivision
Islam.
Geographical Subdivision
Iran
Geographical Subdivision
Iran
Geographical Subdivision
Iran
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Entry Element
Iran
Topical Subdivision
Psychological aspects.
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GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE
Code
a-ir---
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
HM641
Book number
.
R3
2011
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
System Code
bisacsh
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Entry Element
Rahnama
Part of Name Other than Entry Element
, Ali.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Country
Iran
Agency
University of Tehran. Central library and documentration center
Date of Transaction
20181223100213.0
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BL
284278
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