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UNINA9910453855903321 |
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Civil society and democracy in Iran / / edited by Ramin Jahanbegloo |
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Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2012 |
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©2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (318 p.) |
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Collana |
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Global Encounters: Studies in Comparative Political Theory |
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Civil society - Iran |
Democratization - Iran |
Democracy - Iran |
Islam and state - Iran |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY IN IRAN; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Theorizing Civil Society in Iran; 1 Civil Society in Iran: The Story of a Century-Long Struggle; 2 Theorizing Civil Society in Contemporary Iran; 3 The Green Movement in Iran: Democratization and Secularization from Below; 4 The Civil Society Approach to Democratization in Iran: The Case for Bringing it Back in, Carefully; Part II: Islam, Secularism, and Efforts for Democratization |
5 Religious Disputation and Democratic Constitutionalism: The Enduring Legacy of the Constitutional Revolution on the Struggle for Democracy in Iran6 Religious Life in a Secular State; 7 Humble Secularism; 8 What is our Problem?; Part III: Gender and Politics; 9 Green Women of Iran; 10 A Feminist Agenda for the Iranian Constitution: Gender at the Intersection of Disputed Identities; 11 The Other Side of the Quest for Democracy in Iran; 12 Women and the Women's Movement in Post-Elections: Double Females?; Part IV: Identity and Group Rights |
13 The Baha'i Community, Human Rights, and the Construction of a New Iranian Identity14 Democracy, Civil Society, and the Iranian |
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Working Class: The Struggle for Independent Labor Organizations; 15 Labour Organizing in Iran: Lessons of the 1979 Revolution; 16 A Confident Generation; Index; About the Editor and Contributors |
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The book is focused on the work of Iranian civil society and the process of democratization in Iran. All contributors in this volume develop and discuss these issues with an eye on the political evolution of today's ran. The book will of a great interest to students, specialists and researchers in different fields such as comparative politics, international affairs, Iranian studies and Middle Eastern studies. |
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UNINA9910815531503321 |
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Autore |
Montagu Jeremy |
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The shofar : its history and use / / Jeremy Montagu |
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Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (197 p.) |
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Shofar |
Synagogue music - History and criticism |
Jews - Music - History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Description and preliminary history -- Liturgical use -- The sounding of the shofar -- Who can blow and on what -- The secular uses of the shofar -- Making a shofar -- How to choose and how to blow a shofar -- Shofar typology, old and new -- The shofar and its meaning -- Biblical, talmudic, and post talmudic sources. |
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In The Shofar: Its History and Use, Jeremy Montagu offers a detailed study of the ram's horn of the Bible, describing its history and use, both ritual and secular, from biblical times to the present day. Because most of those who hear--and use--the shofar hear the same blower each year during the Jewish high holidays, few are aware of the wide |
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differences among communities around the world in which the shofar-blowing tradition exists, the varying points in the Jewish liturgical service when the shofar is blown, what sound combinations and even possibilities exist, and the many varieties extant |
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