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