Paradoxes of Iranian Messianic Politics: Paradoxes of Iranian Messianic Politics
(2012)
Journal Article
Shahi, A. (2012). Paradoxes of Iranian Messianic Politics: Paradoxes of Iranian Messianic Politics. Digest of Middle East Studies, 21(1), 108-125. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1949-3606.2012.00129.x
Shi‘ite Messianism has been accommodated constitutionally and has been portrayed as an indispensable aspect of political culture under the Islamic Republic. If the state is using the concept as a form of legitimacy, the concept is standardized in acc... Read More about Paradoxes of Iranian Messianic Politics: Paradoxes of Iranian Messianic Politics.