POL SCI 139 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Islamic Revival, Iranian Red Crescent Society, Ulama
6 Oct 2016
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Modern iran chapter 1: religion and society to 1800. 1978-9 revolution and its aftermath > public interest in iran. Developed over the decades in religious, political, economic, and social constructs. Zoroastrianism: dualistic struggle between a good deity and an evil power, rewards and punishments in the afterlife and angels > influenced judaism, Manichaean: economic decline and inequities, growth of a rigid class system. Expression of socioeconomic and cultural grievances w/ a religious idiom. Islam reentering politics and government, rule by a leader of the islamic ulama. Shi"is of iran and the sunnis who rule most of the rest of the muslim world. Quran is the collection of his revelations > large number is legal or political. Recognition of caliphs w/o religious powers beyond preaching = sunnis. Shi"a of ali: insisted on the leadership of the male descendants of ali. Mecca and medina as trading and agricultural cities. Mecca: complex, class-divided economy > legal and welfare system.
