How Long to Read Class, Politics, and Ideology in the Iranian Revolution

How Long Does it Take to Read Class, Politics, and Ideology in the Iranian Revolution?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Class, Politics, and Ideology in the Iranian Revolution by Mansoor Moaddel

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Description

Thirteen years after the Shah of Iran was swept away in a tide of revolutionary fervor, the cruelty and brutality of the new regime remains shocking. In Class, Politics, and Ideology in the Iranian Revolution, Mansoor Moaddel provides the theoretical underpinnings for a richer and clearer understanding of Iran's tumultuous recent history. Analyzing the causes and processes of the revolution through the prisms of class, politics, and ideology, Moaddel argues that the currently dominant theories of revolution insufficiently address the requisite question of ideology: "Ideology is not simply another factor that adds an increment to the causes of revolution. Ideology is the constitutive feature of revolution." Moaddel explains how revolutionary conditions in Iran were created by a combination of state economic policies favoring international capital - which enraged segments of the powerful bourgeoisie - and fluctuations in the world economy that financially weakened Iran. But the central element of the revolutionary crisis of the late 1970s was the development of Shi'i revolutionary discourse as the dominant ideology. As liberalism and communism declined, the potent discourse of revolutionary Islam - with its martyrdom, its religious rituals, its symbolic structures - formed a powerful conduit for popular mobilization. Karl Marx likened the French Revolution to a gigantic broom which swept away all the "medieval rubbish." Drawing from his abundant theoretical, historical, and sociological knowledge, Moaddel illuminates the process by which the gigantic broom of the Iranian Revolution "swept all the medieval rubbish back in."

How long is Class, Politics, and Ideology in the Iranian Revolution?

Class, Politics, and Ideology in the Iranian Revolution by Mansoor Moaddel is 372 pages long, and a total of 93,744 words.

This makes it 126% the length of the average book. It also has 115% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Class, Politics, and Ideology in the Iranian Revolution Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 32 minutes to read Class, Politics, and Ideology in the Iranian Revolution aloud.

What Reading Level is Class, Politics, and Ideology in the Iranian Revolution?

Class, Politics, and Ideology in the Iranian Revolution is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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