Reinventing Khomeini: The Struggle for Reform in Iran

by Daniel Brumberg

Book Overview

Reinventing Khomeini offers a new interpretation of the political battles that paved the way for reform in Iran. Brumberg argues that these conflicts did not result from a sudden ideological shift; nor did the election of President Mohammad Khatami in 1997 really defy the core principles of the Islamic Revolution. To the contrary, the struggle for a more democratic Iran can be traced to the revolution itself, and to the contradictory agendas of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226077586
• ISBN13: 9780226077581
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"