Iranian politics has been marked by sharp ideological divisions and infighting. These divides, kept largely out of public view until the 1990s, came to greater light with the contested 2009 presidential elections. To explain the diverse and complex forces that led to this event and that animate Iran’s current fractured society and polity, author Shireen T. Hunter looks beyond the battle betwe…
Can the current vitality of islamic revivalism be attributed primarily to the religious characteristics of islam? or do political, social, and economic factors play a more fundamental role?leading authorities on islam and the muslim world analyze the success of revivalist movement in a wide range of islamic countries in the middle east, africa and asia from a comparative perspective.