A Comparative Reading of Iranian Islamic Revolution (based on the views of Hamid Dabashi, Vali Nasr, Shirin Ebadi and Hamid Algar) *Undergraduate Thesis (original) (raw)

The Iranian Islamic Revolution of 1978-79 shocked the world and set in motion a search for its causes, form, function and result. Most of the resulting analyses tend to locate the origins of the revolution in the errors of the shah and of various Americans, although some emphasize socioeconomic explanations for the upheaval. The roots of Iranian Revolution in the Shia creed stand as a rachis in sense-making; yet, its sociopolitical aspect carries no less importance. Moreover, enough time has now passed to permit a greater range of investigations. These are only some of the reasons why it became a byword. This study will venture a comparison between 4 different scholars who talks and writes on the Iranian Islamic Revolution and, in cooperation, it aims to give a kind of indicative abstract of the Iranian revolution in the light of several other additional works.