The Shadow of God and the Hidden Imam: Religion, Political Order, and Societal Change in Shi'ite Iran from the Beginning to 1890 (Publications of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, #17) (Publications of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CHUP))

by Said Amir Arjomand

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Dismissing oversimplified and politically-charged views of the politics of Shi'ite Islam, Said Amir Arjomand offers a richly 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.
  • ISBN10 0226027848
  • ISBN13 9780226027845
  • Publish Date 15 November 2010 (first published 1 October 1984)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of Chicago Press