The Shadow of God and the Hidden Imam: Religion, Political Order, and Societal Change in Shi'ite Iran from the Beginning to 1890 (Publications of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies)
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Author(s)Said Amir Arjomand
PublisherUniversity Of Chicago Press
ISBN / ASIN0226027848
ISBN-139780226027845
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Sales Rank1,373,919
CategoryHistory
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Dismissing oversimplified and politically charged views of the politics of Shi'ite Islam, Said Amir Arjomand offers a richly researched sociological and historical study of Shi'ism and the political order of premodern Iran that exposes the roots of what became Khomeini's theocracy.
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