Creating an Islamic State: Khomeini and the Making of a New Iran: v. 24 (Library of Modern Middle East Studies) - Hardcover

Vanessa Martin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 186064418X ISBN 13: 9781860644184

Publisher: I.B. Tauris (UK), 2000

Synopsis

How did the Ayatollah Khomeini create his Islamic state? What were the ideas which drove him and his movement? What organisation and methods helped bring him to power? This extraordinary book is the first to analyse the ideological roots of an Islamic state as conceived by the Ayatollah Khomeini. Surprisingly the author finds much of the inspiration behind Khomeini's political thinking being influenced by western sources - his writings on the supreme Islamic Jurist being affected by Plato's notions of the philosopher-king and his views of state power and centralism being closely linked to his understanding of Marxist/Leninist totalitarianism. Vanessa Martin makes a groundbreaking contribution on the dynamics of the Iranian Revolution and the Islamist revival especially relevant in the context of the debated arising out of Irans' recent elections.

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About the Author

Vanessa Martin is lecturer in Modern Middle Eastern History at Royal Holloway College, University of London. She is author of Islam and Modernism: The Iranian Revolution of 1906 (I.B.Tauris).

Edition details

• Publisher: I.B. Tauris (UK)
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 186064418X
• ISBN 13: 9781860644184
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272