An Analysis of Hamid Dabashi's Theology of Discontent: The Ideological Foundation of the Islamic Revolution in Iran

by Magdalena C Delgado and Bryan Gibson

Hamid Dabashi's 1997 work Theology of Discontent reveals a creative thinker capable not only of understanding how an argument is built, but also of redefining old issues in new ways. The Iranian Revolution of 1978-9 was front-page news in the West, and in some ways remains so today. Though it was an uprising against authoritarian royal rule, with a coalition of modernisers and Islamists, the revolution saw the birth of a new Islamic Republic that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912127997
• ISBN13: 9781912127993
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Macat Library
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.1" x 7.8"