Madism, Shi'a ideology and Ahmadinejad's docrtine

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Madism, Shi'a ideology and Ahmadinejad's docrtine

Original language description

This article argues that the rise of Mahdism within Shi'a political Islam during Ahmadinejad's presidential term did not lead to a significant break with previous developments. Relevance of Mahdism within Shi'a politicized and ideologized Islam in Iran has been on the rise since the second half of 20th century. The issue occurred in Shi'a political philosophy and theory prior to the Islamic Revolution in Iran. In the post-revolutionary period, Mahdism became an inherent part of the Islamic political system. The emphasis placed on Mahdism during Ahmadinejad's political career could be also explained by the complex relationships amongst political, cultural, economical and religious factors. This article conceptualizes Mahdism as a doctrinal ideology within the Shi'a political Islam in Iran. However, it focuses on the rise of Mahdism in the second half of the 20th century and on the roles key religious leaders played over the past decades since 1978. In this regard, the role of political

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AD - Political sciences

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

The Central European Journal of International and Security Studies (CEJISS)

ISSN

1805-482X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

9

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

21

Pages from-to

54-74

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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