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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EAN/UPC/ISBN Code
9780226027845, 9780226027845
Author
Said Amir Arjomand
Pages
368
Year of production
2010
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.