附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-275) and index.
Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART ONE -- MYSTIC REGIMES; PART TWO -- IN THE PAHLAVI DYNASTY; PART THREE -- IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC; PART FOUR -- AFTERTHOUGHTS; Appendices; Bibliography; Index/Glossary.
摘要:This work is a socio-scientific and Iranological study of two Iranian, Sh'ite Sufi orders in the 20th century. It studies their comparative social development in relation to political regimes and explores the cultural repertoires that Sufis have used to cope with these.