Diverging Approaches of Political Islamic Thought in Iran since the 1960s / / by Seyed Mohammad Lolaki

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910369915403321
• Autore: Lolaki Seyed Mohammad
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020
• ISBN: 9789811504785; 9811504784
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2020.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxi, 239 pages)
• Disciplina: 297.0955
• Soggetti: Religion and politics; Asia - Politics and government; Politics and Religion; Asian Politics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. The Quest for Power in Iran: Principle Questions and Methodology -- 2. Concepts & Context -- 3. Three Key Ideological Elements -- 4. The West and 'Otherness': The Question of Modernity -- 5. A Return to Innocence: The Resurgence of Shia Ideas -- 6. Rocking the Casbah: The Relationship between Politics and Religion -- 7. The Table Spread: The Ideals of Islamic Government -- 8. In the Beginning: Iran's Constitutional Law after the 1979 Islamic Revolution -- 9. The Final Cut: Authority And Democracy In Contemporary Iran: From National Borders to the Ideas of Islamic Empires -- 10. Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book argues that Political Islam in the Iranian context evolved into three main schools of thought during the 1960s and 1970s: Jurisprudential Islam led by Ayatollah Khomeini, Leftist Islam led by Shariati, and Liberal Islam led by Bazargan. Despite the fact that all schools seek an Islamic state, their chosen methods and philosophical approaches diverge considerably. The synthesis of these three contrasting socio-political views is structured here to provide a coherent interpretation by means of ongoing comparison. This method has so far not been presented in academic studies within the field of ; Political Islam. Furthermore, this book provides a critical analysis of the aforementioned 'Political Islam' schools in Iran, their similarities and differences, relative success or failure, their contribution to the revolution of 1979 and how they have evolved from the pre-revolution era to the present. Seyed Mohammad Lolaki is a researcher who received his PhD degree in Political Science and Public Policy from the University of Waikato, New Zealand, in September 2017. He obtained his Master's degree in Political Science from Mofid University of Qom in Iran in 2005. His current research interests include Political and Social Islam, modernist discourse and democracy in the Middle East.

The geopolitics of security in the Americas : hemispheric denial from Monroe to Clinton / / Martin Sicker

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910967558603321
• Autore: Sicker Martin
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2002; London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024
• ISBN: 9798400656439; 9786610315772; 9781280315770; 1280315776; 9780313075766; 031307576X; 9780313048722; 031304872X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.7308
• Soggetti: Geopolitics - United States - History; Geopolitics - Latin America - History; National security - United States - History; International relations - Decision making; Latin America Foreign relations United States; United States Foreign relations Latin America
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p.[173]-179 ) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- 1. The Doctrine of Hemispheric Denial -- 2. Applying the Monroe Doctrine, 1833-1870 -- 3. Unilateralism Unleashed, 1877-1941 -- 4. U,S-Mexican Relations, 1910-1940 -- 5. The Doctrine of Nonintervention and Collective Security, -- 1923-1945 -- 6. The Rio Treaty and the Organization of American States, -- 1945-1965 -- 7. U.S. Intervention, 1970-1992 -- 8. Inter-American Conflicts -- 9. On the Threshold of the Twenty-First Century -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Sicker examines the role of the United States within the Western Hemisphere and the geopolitical and geostrategic factors that have helped shape its policies in the region. He demonstrates that such factors have contributed heavily to establishing the patterns of state development and interstate relations in the Western Hemisphere throughout its modern history. The prevailing geopolitical environment has been conditioned to a large extent by the emergence of the United States as the unquestionably dominant power in the extensive region. However, that status did not exist at the time it achieved its independence. It was brought about through almost incessant conflict with, and expansion at the expense of, other states, nations, and peoples over more than a century. As a result, the concerns and interests of the dominant power became and remain, of necessity, factors that states beyond the borders of the United States must take into consideration when pursuing their own national interests and policies. As Sicker amply demonstrates, failure to do so will often produce undesirable consequences for the offending state. As is clear, however, the states of the hemisphere have their own geopolitical interests and concerns independent of, and sometimes conflicting with, those of the United States. As Sicker shows throughout the volume, and especially in his analysis of inter-American conflicts, many of the nations of Latin America have unresolved territorial controversies with their neighbors that date to their origins as independent states. Because of this troubled geopolitical legacy, there have been numerous conflicts among the states of Latin America, some of which the United States has attempted to mediate or arbitrate, and some that seem impervious to a permanent negotiated settlement. This is a provocative analysis that will be of interest to scholars, students, researchers, and policymakers involved with inter-American relations and U.S. diplomacy.