Mysticism and Dissent : Socioreligious Thought in Qajar Iran
Material type: TextPublication details: New York Syracuse University Press 1982Description: xvii, 228 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 0-8156-2260-0
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This updated history examines the complex origins of religious dissent in nineteenth-century Qajar Iran (then known to Westerners as Persia), and how it provided a mood and attitude that led to far-reaching political dissent, culminating in the establishment of a new government in 1906.Bayat extracts social and political thought from theological treatises to show how a centuries-long tradition of reform in Shia thought helped pave the way for modern secular change. She also concludes that as a result of the failed attempt of doctrinal reforms and the subsequent secularization of political thought, socioreligious conflicts were left unresolved, generating tensions that were to explode generations later.
Shia and the Tradition of Dissent in Islamic Thought --
The Radicalization of Dissent in Shia Thought: Early Shaikhism --
The Socialization of Dissent in Shia Thought: Kirmani Shaikhism --
The Politicization of Dissent in Shia Thought: Babism --
The Secularization of Dissent in Shia Thought --
Conclusion: The Triumph of Secularization.