Creating an Islamic state
Subtitle: Khomeini and the making of a new Iran
By: Vanessa Martin.
Edition: New ed.
Publisher: I.B. Tauris; In U.S. distributed by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Khomeini, Ruhollah.; Islam and state.; Islam and politics -- Iran.; Iran -- Politics and government -- 1941-1979.
Description: How did the Ayatollah Khomeini create his Islamic state? What were the ideas which drove him and his movement? What organization and methods helped bring him to power? This book analyses the ideaological roots of an Islamic state as conceived by the Ayatollah Khomeini. Surprisingly, the author finds much of the inspiration behind Khomeini's political thinking being influenced by Western sources - his writing on the supreme Islamic Jurist being affected by Plato's notions of the philosopher-king and his views of state power and centralism being closely linked to his understanding of Marxist/Len.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-243) and index.