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Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution
2009Abstract As the undisputed leader of the islamic revolution and the founder and charismatic leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) from 1979 to 1989, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini set the direction of post-revolutionary developments in the two decades after his death. Iran has remained firmly in the hands of Khomeini’s followers, the
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Islamism, Revolution, and Civil Society
Perspectives on Politics, 2003Over recent decades, Islamism—the belief that Islam should guide social and political as well as personal life—has become a powerful force throughout much of the Muslim world. Through a discussion of the Egyptian case, this essay shows how the rise of Islamism can be illuminated by findings of the literatures on revolution and civil society, and vice ...
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Iran: Islamic Revolution against Westernization
2019Iran is the most important country in the Middle East. The Iranian revolution and its anti-Western outcome took Iran out of the orbit of the Western powers and seems to have pushed the country toward a nonaligned position. Liberal nationalists did not propose any specific economic plan other than advocating greater national control of resources; most ...
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017
Society has changed over the ages and the most drastic social changes have been provoked by revolution. In this view, revolution is a form of social changes despite its elusive concept. Therefore, today’s social system in which we are living is a product of varied revolutions in history.
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Society has changed over the ages and the most drastic social changes have been provoked by revolution. In this view, revolution is a form of social changes despite its elusive concept. Therefore, today’s social system in which we are living is a product of varied revolutions in history.
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Contemporary Islam: Reformation or Revolution?
1999Abstract Much of the reassertion of religion in politics and society has been subsumed under the term Islamic fundamentalism. Although ‘‘fundamentalism’’ is a common designation, in the press and increasingly among academics it is used in a variety of ways. For a number of reasons it tells us everything and yet, at the same time, nothing.
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