Living Shi'ism : Instances of Ritualisation Among Islamist Men in Contemporary Iran /
This book is about Iranian Islamism on grass-roots level. It provides a vivid, near-life portrait of young activist men who uphold this movement through their zealous support of revolutionary ideals and the present regime. It is based on interviews with a group of volunteers in the Iranian home guar...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden; Boston :
BRILL,
2006.
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Iran Studies ;
1.
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Call Number: BP194.7
Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Points of Departure
- Setting the Scene
- Embodying Virtue
- The Poetics of Emotion
- Tools of Authorisation
- Crumbling Authority?
- Lectures and Lamentations
- The Creativity of Ritual
- Summary in Persian
- References
- Subject Index
- Name Index.