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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780595703321

Autore

den Matthijs Bos, van

Titolo

Mystic regimes : Sufism and the state in Iran, from the late Qajar era to the Islamic republic / / Matthijs Bos, van den

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2002

ISBN

1-280-46701-0

9786610467013

1-4175-0678-4

90-474-0175-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia ; ; 83

Disciplina

297.4/0955

Soggetti

Islam and state - Iran - History

Sufism - Iran - History

Iran History Qajar dynasty, 1794-1925

Iran History Pahlavi dynasty, 1925-1979

Iran History 1979-1997

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART ONE - MYSTIC REGIMES; PART TWO - IN THE PAHLAVI DYNASTY; PART THREE - IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC; PART FOUR - AFTERTHOUGHTS; Appendices; Bibliography; Index/Glossary

Sommario/riassunto

Mystic Regimes is a social-scientific and Iranological study of two Iranian, Shi'ite Sufi orders in the twentieth century. It studies their comparative social development in relation to political regimes and explores the cultural repertoires that Sufis have used to cope with these. The introductory part examines the interpretation and the development, until the end of the Qajar era, of Iranian Sufism. The second part explores Sufism in the Pahlavi era. The third part deals with the Sufi orders in the Islamic Republic. The fourth part provides afterthoughts on the relations between Sufi cultural repertoires and civil society. Because of its unique archival and field material, Mystic Regimes is especially important for scholars in Iranian and Sufi studies.