GPOL 5119 -

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The New School

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Iran in Revolution: 1800-Present Fall 2008. Three credits. Neguin Yavari By the time the Qajar dynasty established itself in Iran in 1779, Shi'ism had already established its religious hegemony over Iran and the 18th and 19th centuries saw further evidence of its consolidation and institutionalization. How does the religious architecture of Shi'ism help explain the Constitutional Revolution of 1905-1911 and the success of the Islamic revolution in 1979 in the absence of a strong Islamic movement And why did Iranians, clerical and lay, and in the heyday of colonialism, turn to a Western-inspired ideology in the early decades of the twentieth century, and then turn completely against Westernization some seventy years later This course studies social change in Iran during the past two centuries, focusing on the interaction of political thought with religious authority and cultural transformation, to suggest that the Islamic revolution of 1979 is better explained in the lexicon of revolutionary transformation than in that of religious resurgence or a revival of the past. Readings will include Bayat, Bulliet, Goldstone, Khomeini, Moaddel, Mottahedeh, Owen and Skocpol. Cross-listed as GHIS 5119, and as LHIS 4514.

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.newschool.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 229-5600

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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