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020			_a9780511793424 (ebook)
020			_z9781107005181 (hardback)
020			_z9780521182218 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aDS274 _b.R325 2011
082	0	0	_a320.95501/9 _222
100	1		_aRahnema, Ali, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aSuperstition as Ideology in Iranian Politics : _bFrom Majlesi to Ahmadinejad / _cAli Rahnema.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2011.
300			_a1 online resource (334 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aCambridge Middle East Studies ; _v35
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aA superstitious reading of the world based on religion may be harmless at a private level, yet employed as a political tool it can have more sinister implications. As this fascinating book by Ali Rahnema, a distinguished Iranian intellectual, relates, superstition and mystical beliefs have endured and influenced ideology and political strategy in Iran from the founding of the Safavid dynasty in the sixteenth century to the present day. As Rahnema demonstrates through a close reading of the Persian sources and with examples from contemporary Iranian politics, it is this supposed connectedness to the hidden world that has allowed leaders such as Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mahmud Ahmadinejad to present themselves and their entourage as representatives of the divine, and their rivals as the embodiment of evil.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107005181
830		0	_aCambridge Middle East Studies ; _v35.
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511793424
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c38928 _d38928