Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PART I. Islam as religion and ideology. 1. Introduction
  • 2. Islamic sacred history in popular religion and fundamentalist ideology: the common core
  • 3. Islamic sacred history in popular religion and fundamentalist ideology: the Shi'i Offshoot
  • 4. The Ulama, popular religion, and fundamentalist ideology in Sunni and Shi'i Islam
  • PART II. Islam and politics since the late nineteenth century. 5. Iran
  • 6. Saudi Arabia
  • 7. Egypt
  • 8. Syria
  • 9. Social Bases
  • PART III. Explanations. 10. Modernization and Revolution
  • 11. Resentment of foreign domination and the quest for authenticity
  • 12. Conclusion: why only in Iran?