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chapter one. The Image and the Hidden Master

  • Roxanne Varzi
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Warring Souls
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© 2020 Duke University Press, Durham, USA

© 2020 Duke University Press, Durham, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Prologue: The Journey xiii
  5. introduction. Divination: An Archeology of the Unknown 1
  6. chapter one. The Image and the Hidden Master 23
  7. chapter two. Mystic States: Martyrdom and the Making of the Islamic Republic 44
  8. chapter three. Shooting Soldiers, Shooting Film: The Cinema of the Iranian Sacred Defense 76
  9. chapter four. Visionary States: Inhabiting the City, Inhabiting the Mind 106
  10. chapter five. Shifting Subjects: Public Law and Private Selves 131
  11. chapter six. Majnun’s Mask: Sex, Suicide, and Semiotic Malfunctioning 155
  12. chapter seven. The Ghost in the Machine: (Just War?) Remainders and Reminders of War 175
  13. chapter eight. Reforming Religious Identity in Post-Khatami Iran 194
  14. conclusion. Mehdi’s Climb 209
  15. Epilogue 214
  16. Notes 219
  17. Works Cited 263
  18. Index 269
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822388036-004

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Prologue: The Journey xiii
  5. introduction. Divination: An Archeology of the Unknown 1
  6. chapter one. The Image and the Hidden Master 23
  7. chapter two. Mystic States: Martyrdom and the Making of the Islamic Republic 44
  8. chapter three. Shooting Soldiers, Shooting Film: The Cinema of the Iranian Sacred Defense 76
  9. chapter four. Visionary States: Inhabiting the City, Inhabiting the Mind 106
  10. chapter five. Shifting Subjects: Public Law and Private Selves 131
  11. chapter six. Majnun’s Mask: Sex, Suicide, and Semiotic Malfunctioning 155
  12. chapter seven. The Ghost in the Machine: (Just War?) Remainders and Reminders of War 175
  13. chapter eight. Reforming Religious Identity in Post-Khatami Iran 194
  14. conclusion. Mehdi’s Climb 209
  15. Epilogue 214
  16. Notes 219
  17. Works Cited 263
  18. Index 269
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