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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Khomeini"”.
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From Afghani to Khomeini : the state in modern Islamic political thought
Includes bibliographical references.
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Fault Lines: Ideology, Pragmatism, and Geopolitics in the Islamic Republic of Iran
… and implemented by Ayatollah Ruhullah al-Musavi Khomeini, served as the animating force behind much of Iran’s behavior in the 1980s. With Khomeini’s death in 1989, Iran was faced with an important decision or to pursue his revolutionary vision of a Muslim world transformed by Iran’s Islamic …
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Comparative Study of Transition to Democracy in Portugal and Iran
… the thesis argues for the role of Ayatollah Khomeini, and elite decisions, as the most determinative factors influencing the political outcome. In Portugal, in the absence of a leader uniting the elite and inability of political factions to solely consolidate their power, the Portuguese elite …
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The shadow of Muhammed : developing a charismatic leadership model for the Islamic world
… studies of the Mahdi of the Sudan, the Ayatollah Khomeini, and Osama bin Laden. The policy implications - for both cooperation and confrontation with a leader of this type - that flow from the model are also discussed. Demographic and technological trends in the Middle East are examined in order …
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Strangers among us: the critique of westoxification in Perso-Islamic political thought
… including Jalal Al-e Ahmad, the Ayatollah Khomeini, and Abdolkarim Soroush, I trace the way in which Perso-Islamic political thinking intervenes in essential conversations about modernity including globalization, nation building, democracy and the religious tensions surrounding sexuality …
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Explanation and Critique of the Iranian Reform Movement: Alternative Discourses for a Conservative Regime
… intellectuals after the death of Ayatollah Khomeini. For reaching this goal, this research presents an analysis of the historical processes which resulted in the formation and growth of the religious intellectuals in Iran. The thesis begins by explaining the basis of Shia political thought …
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State power and revolution : toward a strategic-relational analysis of the 1979 revolution in Iran
… messianic narrative. This was embodied in Khomeini’s role in Iranian politics. Therefore, this study explores the history of Shi’ism and the Shi’a messianic movements to identify the resources and capacities available to Khomeini to promote his counter-hegemonic visions. A further factor …
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State, Dissidents, and Contention: Iran, 1979-2010
… war, and repression (1979-1988, the Khomeini era); 2. the period of postwar reconstruction and economic liberalization (1989-1997, the tenure of President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani); 3. the era of reform and political opening (1997-2005, the tenure of President Seyyed Mohammad …
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The Howzevi (Seminarian) Women in Iran: Constituting and Reconstituting Paths
… Islamist women in petitioning Ayatollah Khomeini for the establishment of Jami'at Al-Zahra in Qom. By Islamicizing public space, the revolution also enabled these women to move into the public sphere. Since then, the howzeh elmiyeh for women has been an ongoing statewide project through …
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Teorie dell’autorità e del potere nell’Islam sciita secondo l’opera di ʿAlī Fayyāḍ
The aim of this research is to investigate the work of ʿAlī Fayyāḍ, a prominent polit-ical and intellectual figure within Lebanese Hezbollah, and to analyse theoretical founda-tions of power and authority from a specific Shīʿa perspective. This will make it possible to reconstruct the nature of …