Contesting the Iranian revolution: the green uprisings

Situating the 2009 Green Uprising -- Primer : From the Theory of Islamic Republicanism to Practice, 1979-2009 -- On the Streets and Beyond : Crowd Action and the Symbolic Appropriation of the Past -- Contesting Palestine : Generating Revolutionary Meaning -- Co-opting Mourning Ceremonies : Montazeri...

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1. Verfasser: Alimagham, Pouya ca. 20./21. Jh (VerfasserIn)
Format: Abschlussarbeit Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge University Press 2020
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Zusammenfassung:Situating the 2009 Green Uprising -- Primer : From the Theory of Islamic Republicanism to Practice, 1979-2009 -- On the Streets and Beyond : Crowd Action and the Symbolic Appropriation of the Past -- Contesting Palestine : Generating Revolutionary Meaning -- Co-opting Mourning Ceremonies : Montazeri, Post-Islamism, and Revolutionary Ashura
"Most observers of Iran viewed the Green Uprisings of 2009 as a 'failed revolution', with many Iranians and those in neighbouring Arab countries agreeing. In Contesting the Iranian Revolution, however, Pouya Alimagham re-examines this evaluation, deconstructing the conventional winlose binary interpretations in a way which underscores the subtle but important victories on the ground, and reveals how Iran's modern history imbues those triumphs with consequential meaning. Focusing on the men and women who made this dynamic history, and who exist at the centre of these contentious politics, this 'history from below' brings to the fore the post-Islamist discursive assault on the government's symbols of legitimation. From powerful symbols rooted in Shi'ite Islam, Palestinian liberation, and the Iranian Revolution, Alimagham harnesses the wider history of Iran and the Middle East to highlight how activists contested the Islamic Republic's legitimacy to its very core"--
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 315 Seiten) Illustrationen, Faksimiles
ISBN:9781108567060
DOI:10.1017/9781108567060

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