Books in the Routledge/BIPS Persian Studies Series series

A study of the history of Iranian anthropology that charts the formation and development of anthropology in Iran in the twentieth century. It examines how and why anthropology and culture became part of wider socio-political discourses in Iran, and how they were appropriated, and rejected, by the pre- and post-revolutionary regimes.

Contains the detailed and comprehensive statement of Homa Katouzian's theory of arbitrary state and society in Iran, and its applications to Iranian history and politics, both modern and traditional. Here, each chapter is a study of its own specific topics while being a part of the whole argument.

This book describes the life and works of Ayatollah Murtaza Mutahhari the philosopher, jurist, preacher and writer, who was educated in the Qum Seminary and worked in Tehran.

The articles in this volume collectively present a picture of Iran under Riza Shah in all its complexity, in darker as well as lighter shades, highlighting the era's debt to the past as well as its legacy to the future.

This book brings together studies by experts in the study of religion in nineteenth century Iran.

The contributors of this book undertake a fundamental reexamination and reappraisal of the phenomenon of leftist activism in Iran.