Buch, Englisch, Band 30, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Reihe: Iranian Studies Series
Buch, Englisch, Band 30, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Reihe: Iranian Studies Series
ISBN: 978-90-8728-401-5
Verlag: Leiden University Press
There are many publications dealing with the political career of Ruhollah Khomeini (1902–1989), who transformed the political landscape of Iran and the Middle East after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Most of the research conducted in the West is on Khomeini’s political strategies, while the influential role of mysticism in all facets of his life is ignored. This book is the first study examining Khomeini’s poetry, mysticism and the reception of his poetry both in Iran and the West. It investigates how Khomeini integrated various doctrines and ideas of Islamic mysticism and Shiiism such as the Perfect Man into his poetry.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Notes on transliterations, translations and footnotes
Introduction
1 The Clergy’s Role in Politics
Iran’s Socio-Political Situation under the Qajar Dynasty (1785-1925)
Clergy-State Relations during the Qajar Period
The Role of the Clergy during the Constitutional Revolution (1905-1911)
The Clerical Response to Constitutionalism
The Rise of Reza Shah and the Curtailment of the Clergy’s Role
The Clergy’s Response to Reza Shah’s Modernisation Policies
The Clergy under Mohammad Reza Shah
Rise of Ayatollah Khomeini
2 Ayatollah Khomeini’s Inner World: Mysticism and Poetry
Ayatollah Khomeini’s Mysticism
Studies of Ayatollah Khomeini’s Mysticism
The Role of Mysticism in Ayatollah Khomeini’s Life
Ayatollah Khomeini’s Poetical Work
The Role of Poets and Poetry in Persian Society
Ayatollah Khomeini’s Poetry
3 Ayatollah Khomeini, the Topical Poet and his Quatrains (robâ.is)
Robâ.is in Historical Perspective
Structure of the Persian Robâ.i
Robâ.is by Ayatollah Khomeini
Biographical Elements: A Dialogue with Ayatollah Khomeini’s Daughter-in-Law
Mystical Love
The Iran-Iraq War
Martyrdom and Shiism
The Mystic Mansur Hallâj
The Ka.ba, the Holy House of God Despised
Conclusion
4 Ayatollah Khomeini as an Antinomian Poet: Lyrical Poems (ghazals)
Structure of the Ghazal
Themes and Motifs in the Ghazal
The Ghazal in Historical Perspective
Ayatollah Khomeini’s Poetry inspired by Hâfez
Ayatollah Khomeini’s Imitation of the Ghazal
Antinomian Elements in Ayatollah Khomeini’s Ghazals
Censure of the House of God in Mecca in Ayatollah Khomeini’s Ghazals
Conclusion
5 Ayatollah Khomeini, the Shiite Philosopher and his Panegyric Poems (qasides)
The Qaside in Historical Perspective
Ayatollah Khomeini’s Qasides
The Concept of the Mohammadan Light
Veiling and Mystical Unveiling
Mohammad al-Mahdi, the Twelfth Shiite Imam
Rejection of the Monarchy
Mahdi’s Representative on Earth: A Predecessor to Velâyat-e Faqih
Spiritual Perfection and Leadership
Anti-British Tendencies in Ayatollah Khomeini’s Qasides
The Shiite Interpretation of Oppression
Islamic Governance
Conclusion
6 Reception of Ayatollah Khomeini’s Poetry in Iran and Abroad
Responses of Followers to Ayatollah Khomeini’s Poetry
Responses to Ayatollah Khomeini’s Poetry in the Diaspora
Conclusion
General Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
