Power, Legitimacy and the Public Sphere
The Iranian Ta’ziyeh Theatre Ritual
Seiten
2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-21388-3 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-21388-3 (ISBN)
This book applies anthropological, sociological and political concepts to the recent history of Iran to explore the role played by ritual theatrical performance (Ta’ziyeh) and its symbols on the construction of public mobilisations.
A ground-breaking study of political transformations in non-Western societies, this book applies anthropological, sociological and political concepts to the recent history of Iran to explore the role played by a ritual theatrical performance (Ta’ziyeh) and its symbols on the construction of public mobilisations. With particular attention to three formative phases – the 1978–79 Islamic Revolution, the 1980–88 Iran–Iraq War, and the 2009 Green Movement – the author concentrates on the relations between symbols of the ritual performance and the public sphere to shed light on the ways in which the symbols of Ta’ziyeh were used to claim political legitimacy. Thus, the book elucidates how symbols and images of a ritual performance can be utilised by ‘tricksters’, such as political actors and fanatical religious leaders, to take advantage of the prolongation of a state of transition within a society, and so manipulate the public in order to mobilise crowds and movements to fulfil their own interests and concerns.
An insightful analysis of political mobilisation explained in terms of a set of interrelated master concepts such as ‘liminality’, ‘trickster’ and ‘schismogenesis’, Power, Legitimacy and the Public Sphere integrates theoretical, empirical and ‘diagnostic’ perspectives in order to investigate and illustrate links between the public sphere and religious and cultural rituals. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology, politics and anthropology with interests in social theory, public mobilisations and political transformation.
A ground-breaking study of political transformations in non-Western societies, this book applies anthropological, sociological and political concepts to the recent history of Iran to explore the role played by a ritual theatrical performance (Ta’ziyeh) and its symbols on the construction of public mobilisations. With particular attention to three formative phases – the 1978–79 Islamic Revolution, the 1980–88 Iran–Iraq War, and the 2009 Green Movement – the author concentrates on the relations between symbols of the ritual performance and the public sphere to shed light on the ways in which the symbols of Ta’ziyeh were used to claim political legitimacy. Thus, the book elucidates how symbols and images of a ritual performance can be utilised by ‘tricksters’, such as political actors and fanatical religious leaders, to take advantage of the prolongation of a state of transition within a society, and so manipulate the public in order to mobilise crowds and movements to fulfil their own interests and concerns.
An insightful analysis of political mobilisation explained in terms of a set of interrelated master concepts such as ‘liminality’, ‘trickster’ and ‘schismogenesis’, Power, Legitimacy and the Public Sphere integrates theoretical, empirical and ‘diagnostic’ perspectives in order to investigate and illustrate links between the public sphere and religious and cultural rituals. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology, politics and anthropology with interests in social theory, public mobilisations and political transformation.
Amin Sharifi Isaloo is a lecturer and tutor in the Department of Sociology at University College Cork, Ireland.
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Proposing democracy in Iran: The empty place of power and the public sphere
Chapter 2: Ta’ziyeh origins, dimensions, and its power in forming the public sphere
Chapter 3: Ta’ziyeh and the public sphere during the 1979 Revolution
Chapter 4: Ta’ziyeh and the public sphere during the Iran-Iraq War
Chapter 5: Ta’ziyeh and the public sphere during the 2009 Green Movement
Conclusion
Glossary
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 27.05.2017 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Contemporary Liminality |
| Zusatzinfo | 2 Line drawings, black and white; 16 Halftones, black and white; 18 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 385 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-138-21388-8 / 1138213888 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-21388-3 / 9781138213883 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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