The political philosophy of the 18th century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau has long been associated with the dramatic events of the French Revolution. In this book, an international team of scholars has been brought together to examine the connection between Rousseaus though…
My dissertation, Poetic Cinema: Trauma And Memory In Iranian Films, reads' the works of Iranian New Wave filmmakers--from post 1979 Islamic Revolution such as Forough Farrokhzad, Masoud Kimiayi, Bahram Beyzaie, and Daryoush Mehrjoui, to directors who either continued to work aft…
This dissertation uses legal traditions (h[dotbelow]adith ) dating from the early 2nd /8th century to assess the historical reliability of sectarian narratives purporting to be early but preserved in non-contemporary historical and heresiographical works. These legal texts are p…
The Turkish Revolution was intended to be a political, social, and economic revolution, as well as a cultural one. The leaders of the Revolution, known as Kemalists, intended to make a clean break with the past and to adopt Western institutions and values in the place of traditi…
The problem analyzed in this dissertation is whether international factors were contributory causal factors in the Iranian Revolution of 1978-1979. Three theoretical frameworks were selected to explore this problem: theories of revolution, theories of international relations and…
This dissertation examines the influence of Islamic ideology on Iranian Marxists during the 1979 revolution. The purpose of this study is to extricate the influence of Islamic culture, ideology, and terminology on Marxist organizations and on individuals who identified themselve…
This dissertation intends to strip away the determinism associated with the nationalist interpretation of the Turkish War of Independence, a period of revolutionary transition between empire and nation-state. Rather than assume a nation-wide or Anatolian perspective of the inter…
The Muslim Brotherhood attempted to wage what has been called a "quiet revolution" from 1928 to 1982, seeking to impose societal change through a gradual Islamization of society. In its efforts it utilized the printed word, preaching, and social activity. This study examines the…
This dissertation, "The Discriminatory Discourses of Self-sacrifice: The State and the Dissident Martyrs in Post-revolutionary Iran," examines the sociopolitical, cultural, and religious transfigurations of martyrdom and self-sacrifice in recent Iranian history. It comparatively…
The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the process of autocratic modernization in Iran that lead to the Revolution of 1978-79. This study also examines the impact of Iran's Islamic post revolutionary regime's political culture on the formation and implementation of t…
The theoretical, philosophical and theological issues and ideas explored in this dissertation are predicated on highly-involved and nuanced terminology. Many of the themes elucidated here are not only interrelated but have conceptual roots and terminology common to a number of d…
This dissertation recovers the history of Zanzibar during three decades of nationalism, revolution, and nation building. Although scholars have explained conflicts in Zanzibar largely through race and class identities, this study focuses instead on generation. Revisiting the per…
