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Where did the 1979 Islamic Revolution come from?
Only six years after the revolution, the late Harvard professor of history Roy
P. Mottahedeh set out to answer this question. Drawing on more than two
millennia of Iranian history, fourteen centuries of Shi’i scholarship, and the
intellectual challenges of modernity, he traced the deep currents that gave the
revolution its force. From lectures on Aristotle in Qom’s seminaries to SAVAK’s
prisons and the bustle of the bazaars, Mottahedeh illuminates how the
revolution was shaped by Iranian society and how it reshaped the nation in
turn.
The Mantle of the Prophet offers a rare account of the revolution
and its aftermath as they were lived and endured. As the future of the Islamic
Republic once again hangs in the balance, Mottahedeh’s classic study has lost
none of its relevance. It remains a powerful testament to a society marked by
sacrifice, conviction and an unfinished struggle for freedom.
About the Author
Roy P. Mottahedeh was the Gurney Professor of History, Emeritus, at Harvard University.
He served as the Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard from 1987 to 1990 and as Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard from 2006 to 2011.
Oneworld has also published In the Shadow of the Prophet: Essays in Islamic History and his translation of Muhammad Baqir As-Sadr's Lessons in Islamic Jurisprudence.
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Where did the 1979 Islamic Revolution come from?
Only six years after the revolution, the late Harvard professor of history Roy
P. Mottahedeh set out to answer this question. Drawing on more than two
millennia of Iranian history, fourteen centuries of Shi’i scholarship, and the
intellectual challenges of modernity, he traced the deep currents that gave the
revolution its force. From lectures on Aristotle in Qom’s seminaries to SAVAK’s
prisons and the bustle of the bazaars, Mottahedeh illuminates how the
revolution was shaped by Iranian society and how it reshaped the nation in
turn.
The Mantle of the Prophet offers a rare account of the revolution
and its aftermath as they were lived and endured. As the future of the Islamic
Republic once again hangs in the balance, Mottahedeh’s classic study has lost
none of its relevance. It remains a powerful testament to a society marked by
sacrifice, conviction and an unfinished struggle for freedom.
About the Author
Roy P. Mottahedeh was the Gurney Professor of History, Emeritus, at Harvard University.
He served as the Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard from 1987 to 1990 and as Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard from 2006 to 2011.
Oneworld has also published In the Shadow of the Prophet: Essays in Islamic History and his translation of Muhammad Baqir As-Sadr's Lessons in Islamic Jurisprudence.
