| Mysticism and Dissent: Socioreligious Thought in Qajar Iran Contributor(s): Bayat, Mangol (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815628536 ISBN-13: 9780815628538 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2000 Annotation: This updated history examines the complex origins of religious dissent in nineteenth-century Qajar Iran (then known to Westerners as Persia), and how it provided a mood and attitude that led to far-reaching political dissent, culminating in the establishment of a new government in 1906. Bayat extracts social and political thought from theological treatises to show how a centuries-long tradition of reform in Shia thought helped pave the way for modern secular change. She also concludes that as a result of the failed attempt of doctrinal reforms and the subsequent secularization of political thought, socioreligious conflicts were left unresolved, generating tensions that were to explode generations later. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - Shi'a - History | Middle East - Iran - Religion | Mysticism |
| Dewey: 297.270 |
| LCCN: 99048925 |
| Lexile Measure: 1560 |
| Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.13" W x 9.1" (0.71 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Asian - Religious Orientation - Islamic - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This history examines the complex origins of religious dissent in 19th-century Qajar Iran (known to Westerners as Persia), and how it provided a mood and attitude which led to far-reaching political dissent, culminating in the establishment of a new government in 1906. |