Title: Theater state and the formation of early modern public sphere in Iran : studies on Safavid Muharram rituals, 1590-1641 CE /
Authors: Rahimi, Babak.
Publisher: Brill,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Political culture Iran Iṣfahān History; Political customs and rites Iran Iṣfahān History; Tenth of Muḥarram; Theater Political aspects Iran Iṣfahān History; Fasts and feasts Political aspects Iran Iṣfahān History; Group identity Iran Iṣfahān History; City and town life Iran Iṣfahān History; Theater Political aspects History Iran Isfahan; Fasts and feasts Iran Isfahan Political aspects History; Iṣfahān (Iran) Social life and customs; Iṣfahān (Iran) Politics and government; Iran History
Contents: Pt. 1. The Carnivalesque Paradigm : Muharram as Transgression -- The Carnivalesque Public : Beyond Habermas -- pt. 2. The Safavids in the Transcultural Context -- A History of (Safavid) Muharram Rituals -- Necro-Public and the Safavid Ritual Theater State : City, Social Death, and Power -- Spaces of Misrule : The Carnivalesque Safavid Isfahani Muharram -- Conclusion: The Isfahani Public Sphere.