Iran: Political Culture in the Islamic Republic

by Farsoun,Samih K.

• ISBN13: 9780415031424
• ISBN10: 0415031427
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-12-21
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Since the overthrow of the Shah in 1979, the Islamic Republic has maintained both its credibility and the loyalty of the people of Iran. It has survived a long and devastating war with Iraq, isolation, and the death of Khomeini. Iranexplores the country's social transformation, stressing the importance of political culture and ideology. The contributors see the building of a legitimate Islamic political culture as the key to the regime's success. They address specific aspects of Iran's political culture within a general theoretical framework laid out in the introduction. Topics discussed range from the relationship of the individual to society to "Westoxication," from Shi'ism to the Islamization of film culture.

Table of Contents

List of Tables
Foreword: Iran and the Prism of Political Culture
Introduction: Iran's Political Culture	p. 1
Gharbzadegi: The Dominant Intellectual Discourse of Pre- and Post-Revolutionary Iran	p. 30
Iran's Religious Establishment: The Dialectics of Politicization	p. 57
The Politics of Nationalism and Political Culture	p. 82
Islamic Man and Society in the Islamic Republic of Iran	p. 116
Shiism and the State in the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran	p. 133
Education and the Culture of Politics in the Islamic Republic of Iran	p. 160
Islamizing Film Culture in Iran	p. 178
Populism and Corporatism in Post-Revolutionary Iranian Political Culture	p. 214
Power Politics and Political Culture: US-Iran Relations	p. 234
Index	p. 262
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