Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Acknowledgements IX
4. Note regarding transliteration X
5. Preface XI
6. Introduction 1
7. Part One: Misreading the Islamic Republic
8. Chapter One: Misconstruing the Muslim World 25
9. Chapter Two: Underestimating Revolutionary Iran 94
10. Chapter Three: Confusing the Nature of the Conflict 140
11. Chapter Four: Shiʿite Islam and the Struggle for Democracy 173
12. Chapter Five: Problems of Emphasis and Portrayal 224
13. Chapter Six: Islam, Nationalism and the Battle for the Iranian Soul 241
14. Chapter Seven: Shiʿism – Problems of Perception and Presentation 372
15. Part Two: Reading the Islamic Republic
16. Chapter One: Shiʿite Sacred Time – The Origins of the Conflict 395
17. Chapter Two: The Shiʿite Academy – From the Marginalization of ʿalī to the Rise of the Ulama 467
18. Chapter Three: A Shiʿite Commonwealth – The Safavids and Beyond 479
19. Chapter Four: Ayatollah Khomeini and the Rise of Revolutionary Shiʿism 525
20. Chapter Five: After Khomeini – Divergent Paths in the Islamic Republic 601
21. Chapter Six: Whither Iran? Successes, Failures, Challenges 615
22. Chapter Seven: Unity or Truth? The Sunni-Shiʿi Schism 620
23. Conclusion: The Islamic Republic of Iran 646
24. Select Bibliography 659
25. Index of Persons 661