Khomeinism (1993)

Ervand Abrahamian

Published:	1993, October 29
Authors:	Ervand Abrahamian
Publishers:	Univ of California Press
Pages:	208
Print type:	BOOK

Description:

The author argues that the Ayatollah Khomeini and his Islamic movement should be seen as a form of Third World political populism - a radical but pragmatic middle-class movement that strives to enter, rather than reject, the modern age.