How did the Ayatollah Khomeini create his Islamic state? What were the ideas which drove him and his movement? What organization and methods helped bring him to power? This book analyses the ideaological roots of an Islamic state as conceived by the Ayatollah Khomeini. Surprisingly, the author finds much of the inspiration behind Khomeini's political thinking being influenced by Western sources - his writing on the supreme Islamic Jurist being affected by Plato's notions of the philosopher-king and his views of state power and centralism being closely linked to his understanding of Marxist/Leninist totalitarianism. Vanessa Martin considers the dynamics of the Iranian Revolution and the Islamist revival in a book which is especially relevant in the context of the debate arising out of Iran's elections.
ISBN: | 9781860649004 |
Publication date: | 28th March 2003 |
Author: | Vanessa Martin |
Publisher: | I.B. Tauris an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 264 pages |
Series: | Library of Modern Middle East Studies |
Genres: |
Constitution: government and the state Political ideologies and movements Biography: historical, political and military Political leaders and leadership Social groups: religious groups and communities Middle Eastern history |