Dismissing oversimplified and politically charged views of the politics of Shi'ite Islam, the author offers a 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.
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Dismissing oversimplified and politically charged views of the politics of Shi'ite Islam, the author offers a 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.
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Near fine in very good(+) jacket. Illustrated sparsely in black and white. xii, 356 pages. 8vo, grey cloth, d.w. (minor edgewear and toning). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, (1984). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper.