Description
| Product ID: | 9781108466899 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Contesting the Iranian Revolution |
| Subtitle: | The Green Uprisings |
| Authors: | Author: Pouya Alimagham |
| Page Count: | 330 |
| Subjects: | Political ideologies and movements, Political ideologies, Political control and freedoms, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Terrorism, armed struggle, Revolutionary groups and movements, Political control & freedoms, Pressure groups & lobbying, Demonstrations & protest movements, Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Terrorism, armed struggle, Revolutionary groups & movements, Iran |
| Description: | Challenging binary interpretations of Iran's Green Uprisings of 2009 as a 'failed revolution', this dynamic history of Iran and the Middle East focuses on the men and women who existed at the centre of these contentious politics, with wider insights into US foreign policy, political Islam and revolutionary politics. 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 win-lose 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 Shiʿite 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-03-19 |
