Republican Islam : power and authority in Iran

Summary: "When the Islamic Republic of Iran launched its fully-articulated political agenda in the aftermath of the 1979 revolution, it merged the concept of political Islam with the previously secular readings of the republican doctrine of state. This book provides an analysis of the constitutional and institutional structure of public power in the most emblematic instance of a theocratic republic to date: the Islamic Republic of Iran, using the methods of political science. Nearly four decades after the 1979 revolution, a thorough evaluation of Iran's prevalently anti-modernist political discourse and concurrent claims of republican popular sovereignty is here carried out and their theoretical coherence and applied success investigated. Vahid Nick Pay surveys the major republican schools of political philosophy on the one hand, and the principal narratives of the prevailing Shi'a political theology on the other, to provide a pioneering evaluation of the republican credentials of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It will be essential reading for scholars of political science and modern Iranian politics and history."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Record details

ISBN: 9781784535636
ISBN: 178453563X
ISBN: 0857728970
ISBN: 9780857728975
ISBN: 1350987816
ISBN: 9781350987814
ISBN: 9780857728043
ISBN: 0857728040
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 339 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: London : I.B. Tauris, 2016.
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-316) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Cover; Author bio; Endorsement; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Theoretical Framework; 1. Republican Theory; 2. Political Theology; Part II Sources of Legitimacy; 3. Republican Constitution; 4. Republican Sovereignty; Part III Structure of Power; 5. Republican Institutions; 6. Republican Citizenry; Epilogue; Appendix I Transliteration Table; Appendix II Interview with Banisadr; Appendix III Institutional Power in the Islamic Republic; Appendix IV Internet Control Structure; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.