Religious Statecraft: The Politics of Islam in Iran

by Mohammad Tabaar, Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Mohammad Tabaar

Book Overview

Since the 1979 revolution, scholars and policy makers alike have tended to see Iranian political actors as religiously driven--dedicated to overturning the international order in line with a theologically prescribed outlook. This provocative book argues that such views have the link between religious ideology and political order in Iran backwards. Religious Statecraft examines the politics of Islam, rather than political Islam, to achieve...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231183674
• ISBN13: 9780231183673
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"