Modern Capitalism and Islamic Ideology in Iran

by Cyrus Bina

Overview

Beginning with an historical perspective, the text moves to examine dimensions of "Islamic Revolution" and ideology, oil, economic crisis and Islamic banking, and post-war political and infrastructural reconstruction in Iran.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349125968
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/1992
Edition description:	1st ed. 1992
Pages:	301
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Part 1 An historical perspective: continuity and change - the structure power in Iran, Cyrus Vakili-Zad. Part 2 Dimensions of "Islamic Revolution" and ideology: Taliqani's Qur'anic exegesis - elements of a revolutionary discourse, Hamid Dabashi; Iranian revolution revisited, Janice M.Moore; from homo economicus to homo islamicus - the universality of economic science reconsidered, Hamid Hosseini. Part 3 Oil, economic crisis, and Islamic banking: global oil and the oil policies of the Islamic Republic, Cyrus Bina; recent development in the political economy of Iran - "The Triangle Crisis", Behzad Yaghmaian; an analytical model of Islamic banking firm, Hamid Zangeneh and Ahmad Salam. Part 4 Post-War political and infrastructural reconstruction: the challenge of political reconstruction in Iran, Nader Entessar; urban land policies in post-revolutionary Iran, Ali A.Kiafar; economic cost of the war and the reconstruction in Iran, Hooshang Amirahmadi.

Editorial Reviews

Economists, sociologists, city planners, and other scholars present contrasting views of the 1979 Iranian revolution, and the subsequent kaleidoscope of economic, political and ideological interactions there. Emphasizes the post-Cold War context. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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