Ideology of the Iranian Revolution (Paperback)

The ideology of the Iranian Revolution can be summarized as populist, nationalist and most of all Shi'a Islamic.The Iranian revolution expresses itself in the language of Islam, that is to say, as a religious movement with a religious leadership, a religiously formulated critique of the old order, and religiously expressed plans for the new. Muslim revolutionaries look to the birth of Islam as their model, and see themselves as engaged in a struggle against paganism, oppression, and empire.-Bernard Lewis.