book chapter
The revolutionary movement of 1977-1979
Iran : from religious dispute to revolution • Cambridge, Mass. • Published In 1980 • Pages: 181-231
By: Fischer, Michael M. J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a blow by blow account of the Iranian Revolution. Fischer describes the revolution as a 'successful passion play' directed by Shi'ite clergy who preached against the injustice of the Pahlavi regime using the Karbala paradigm as a rallying point for all Iranians. The revolution was also a call to return to the original purity of the true Islam. While Fischer's interest is in the discourse, he doesn't shy away from the bloodshed, reporting on the numerous demonstrations and violent clashes that occured in this period.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Brawls, riots, and banditry
- Form and rules of government
- Chief executive
- External relations
- Political movements
- Revolution
- Offenses against life
- Priesthood
- Religious intolerance and martyrs
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Iran
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2005
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1969-1975
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1977-1979
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Iran
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael M. J. Fischer
- for bibliographical references see document 90: Fischer
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79024330
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iranians