Khomeinism: Essays on the Islamic Republic

by Ervand Abrahamian

Book Overview

"Fanatic," "dogmatic," "fundamentalist"--these are the words most often used in the West to describe the Ayatollah Khomeini. The essays in this book challenge that view, arguing that Khomeini and his Islamic movement should be seen as a form of Third World political populism--a radical but pragmatic middle-class movement that strives to enter, rather than reject, the modern age.

Ervand Abrahamian, while critical of Khomeini, asks us to look...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520085035
• ISBN13: 9780520085039
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"