Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours
Catalog page 431
Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor
Description: Explores the historical background to the Iranian revolution of 1978-1979. Offers a critical assessment of the existing scholarship. Includes the rise of Shi’ism as Iranís state religion; the relationship between religion, state, and society; and the role of Shi’i Islam versus other ideologies with social movements.