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A Century of Revolution Social Movements in Iran John Foran, editor |
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Provides insight into the political currents that led to the Iranian revolution. Before late 1978 Iran did not occupy a large place in the public mind, mass media, or academic pursuits. With the massive upheaval of the next few months, all this changed-and the world is still trying to catch up with the dramatic events that brought Iran to its attention. This volume offers a much needed look into the historical, social, and political developments leading up to the Iranian revolution. Bringing together a group of scholars, historians, and social scientists, most of them Iranian in origin, the book documents an extraordinary revolutionary heritage that predates this century. Each contributor examines a critical moment in Iranian social history-on its own terms as well as within a larger theoretical and comparative context. The topics they take up include:
Thoughout, common themes emerge, especially the heterogeneous bases of Iranian social movements with respect to class, gender, and ethnicity, as well as the diverse discourses-nationalist, Islamic, socialist, populist, and radical-that have animated these movements. Representing a wide variety of perspectives and approaches, this volume provides crucial insight into the widely watched but poorly understood phenomenon of present-day Iran. “Foran has certainly put together a set of original contributions that part company with numerous simplistic descriptions of political events which led to a revolution in Iran. Foran raises numerous original theoretical questions for sociologists of revolution, political scientists, and students of the Middle East. The book is a welcome addition to the literature on the Iranian revolution and a contribution to the literature on the sociology of social movements in the Third World.” —Center for Iranian Research and Analysis Bulletin Contributors: Janet Afary, John Foran, Amir Hassanpour, Mansoor Moaddel, Val Moghadam, Misgah Parsa, Sussan Siavoshi, Michael Zirinsky John Foran is assistant professor of sociology at the University of California at Santa Barbara. 320 pages | 6 x 9 | 1 map | 1994 |
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$24.00 paper