wyszukanych pozycji: 16
Turban for the Crown: The Islamic Revolution in Iran
ISBN: 9780195042580 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Iranian revolution still baffles most Western observers. Few considered the rise of theocracy in a modernized state possible, and fewer thought it might result from a popular revolution. Said Amir Arjomand's The Turban for the Crown provides a thoughtful, painstakingly researched, and intelligible account of the turmoil in Iran which reveals the importance of this singular event for our understanding of revolutions.
Providing crucial historical background, Arjomand examines both the structure of authority in Shi'ism (one of the two main branches of Islam) and the impact of the modern... The Iranian revolution still baffles most Western observers. Few considered the rise of theocracy in a modernized state possible, and fewer thought it...
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97,28 zł |
Authority and Political Culture in Shi'ism
ISBN: 9780887066399 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 393 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The major theme of this book is authority in Shiism with special emphasis on its institutionalization in different historic periods from the beginning of Shiism in the Middle Ages to the present. Part I presents new material on important or neglected issues that are at the center of current scholarly debate, including the fundamental relationship between knowledge and authority in pristine Shiism, aspects of popular culture in medieval Shiism, the institutionalization of religious authority in Shiite Iran from the 16th to 18th centuries, and the centralization of religious authority in...
The major theme of this book is authority in Shiism with special emphasis on its institutionalization in different historic periods from the beginning...
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148,39 zł |
Constitutionalism and Political Reconstruction
ISBN: 9789004151741 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 391 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The themes of nation-building, post-colonial modernization and constitution-making, post-communist return to the rule of law and constitutional reconstruction, the global expansion of judicial power and judicial activism by the constitutional courts are usually studied by different specialists with somewhat narrow foci. This book is a unique and ambitious interdisciplinary attempt at the integration of these related fields, and offers a timely theoretical synthesis of the most important global constitutional trends in the last half-century. These essays by prominent authorities on different...
The themes of nation-building, post-colonial modernization and constitution-making, post-communist return to the rule of law and constitutional recons...
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587,13 zł |
Constitutional Politics in the Middle East: With Special Reference to Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan
ISBN: 9781841137735 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This collection is the first comparative and interdisciplinary study of constitutional politics and constitution-making in the Middle East. The historical background and setting are fully explored in two substantial essays placing the contemporary experience in the contexts, respectively, of the ancient Middle Eastern legal and political tradition, and of the 19th- and 20th-century legal codification and political modernization. These are followed by a general analysis of the treatment of human rights in relation to Islam in Middle Eastern constitutions, as well as a comparative scrutiny of...
This collection is the first comparative and interdisciplinary study of constitutional politics and constitution-making in the Middle East. The histor...
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224,70 zł |
Messianism and Sociopolitical Revolution in Medieval Islam
ISBN: 9780520387584 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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412,02 zł |
The Arab Revolution of 2011: A Comparative Perspective
ISBN: 9781438454887 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. How do we make sense of the Arab revolution of 2011? What were its successes, its failures, and significance in world history? The Arab Revolution of 2011 brings together a broad range of perspectives to explain the causes, processes, and consequences of the revolution of 2011 and its critical implications for the future. The contributors, in this major addition to the sociology of revolutions, step back from the earlier euphoria of the Arab Spring to provide a sober analysis of what is still an ongoing process of upheaval in the Middle East. The essays address the role of national armies and...
How do we make sense of the Arab revolution of 2011? What were its successes, its failures, and significance in world history? The Arab Revolution of ...
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140,35 zł |
After Khomeini: Iran Under His Successors
ISBN: 9780199891948 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. For many Americans, Iran is our most dangerous enemy--part of George W. Bush's "axis of evil" even before the appearance of Ahmadinejad. But what is the reality? How did Ahmadinejad rise to power, and how much power does he really have? What are the chances of normalizing relations with Iran? In After Khomeini, Said Amir Arjomand paints a subtle and perceptive portrait of contemporary Iran. This work, a sequel to Arjomand's acclaimed The Turban for the Crown, examines Iran under the successors of Ayatollah Khomeini up to the present day. He begins, as the Islamic...
For many Americans, Iran is our most dangerous enemy--part of George W. Bush's "axis of evil" even before the appearance of Ahmadinejad. But what is t...
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157,28 zł |
Revolution: Structure and Meaning in World History
ISBN: 9780226026831 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. |
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264,10 zł |
Constitutional Politics in the Middle East: With Special Reference to Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan
ISBN: 9781841137742 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This collection is the first comparative and interdisciplinary study of constitutional politics and constitution-making in the Middle East. The historical background and setting are fully explored in two substantial essays placing the contemporary experience in the contexts, respectively, of the ancient Middle Eastern legal and political tradition, and of the 19th- and 20th-century legal codification and political modernization. These are followed by a general analysis of the treatment of human rights in relation to Islam in Middle Eastern constitutions, as well as a comparative scrutiny of...
This collection is the first comparative and interdisciplinary study of constitutional politics and constitution-making in the Middle East. The histor...
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496,56 zł |
Revolutions of the End of Time: Apocalypse, Revolution and Reaction in the Persianate World
ISBN: 9789004517134 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. As with all general history, Islamic history is conventionally approached in terms of evolutionary trends and continuities. This study in historical sociology of the millennial or Mahdist movements and their long-term impact, in contrast, focuses on abrupt discontinuities in the form of revolutions as apocalyptic breaks, and on the reaction of the ruling authorities as counter-revolution aiming at routinizing these charismatic irruptions into history by absorbing their impact within the prevalent structure of authorities, and thereby re-establishing the continuity that is taken for granted by...
As with all general history, Islamic history is conventionally approached in terms of evolutionary trends and continuities. This study in historical s...
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648,02 zł |
Sociology of Shiʿite Islam: Collected Essays
ISBN: 9789004312258 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 486 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Sociology of Shiʿite Islam is a comprehensive study of the development of Shiʿism. Its bearers first emerged as a sectarian elite, then a hierocracy and finally a theocracy. Imamate, Occultation and the theodicy of martyrdom are identified as the main components of the Shiʻism as a world religion. In these collected essays Arjomand has persistenly developed a Weberian theoretical framework for the analysis of Shiʿism, from its sectarian formation in the eighth century through the establishment of the Safavid empire in the sixteenth century, to the Islamic revolution...
Sociology of Shiʿite Islam is a comprehensive study of the development of Shiʿism. Its bearers first emerged as a sectarian elite, th...
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726,30 zł |
The Shadow of God and the Hidden Imam: Religion, Political Order, and Societal Change in Shi'ite Iran from the Beginning to 1890 Volume 17
ISBN: 9780226027845 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. 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.
Dismissing oversimplified and politically charged views of the politics of Shi'ite Islam, Said Amir Arjomand offers a richly researched sociological a...
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165,06 zł |
Sociology of Shiʿite Islam: Collected Essays
ISBN: 9789004380479 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 486 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Sociology of Shiʿite Islam is a comprehensive study of the development of Shiʿism. In these collected essays Arjomand has persistently developed a Weberian theoretical framework for the analysis of Shiʿism, from its sectarian formation in the eighth century through the establishment of the Safavid empire in the sixteenth century, to the Islamic revolution in Iran in the twentieth century. The bearers or cultural carriers of Shiʿite Islam first emerged as a sectarian elite, then a hierocracy and finally a theocracy. Imamate, Occultation and the theodicy of martyrdom are identified as the...
Sociology of Shiʿite Islam is a comprehensive study of the development of Shiʿism. In these collected essays Arjomand has persistently developed a W...
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230,51 zł |
Fixing Stories: Local Newsmaking and International Media in Turkey and Syria
ISBN: 9781316518007 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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377,69 zł |
Fixing Stories
ISBN: 9781009048750 / Miękka / 2023 / 373 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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120,14 zł |
The Rule of Law, Islam, and Constitutional Politics in Egypt and Iran
ISBN: 9781438445977 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In recent years, Egypt and Iran have been beset with demands for fundamental change. The Rule of Law, Islam, and Constitutional Politics in Egypt and Iran draws together leading regional experts to provide a penetrating comparative analysis of the ways Islam is entangled with the process of democratization in authoritarian regimes. By comparing Islam and the rule of law in these two nations, one Sunni and Arab-speaking, the other Shi>ite and Persian-speaking, this volume enriches the current debate on Islam and democracy, making for a more nuanced understanding and appreciation of...
In recent years, Egypt and Iran have been beset with demands for fundamental change. The Rule of Law, Islam, and Constitutional Politics in Egypt a...
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397,62 zł |