The Ayatollahs' Democracy: An Iranian Challenge [SIGNED FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Majd, Hooman

Published by W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 2010

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Fine unread condition blue boards, black spine, and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Everything Is True: Nohting is Permitted; Prologue; Acknowledgments and Index. Signed and inscribed by the author with thin black ink on the blank first free front endpaper. "A personal, candid tour of the political and social landscape in Iran. When the Iranian elections of 2009 turned violent, many in the West predicted a "green revolution," a popular uprising that would topple the ayatollahs. But New York Times best-selling author Hooman Majd argues that despite the turmoil of the disputed elections, a group of influential religious leaders -- including a liberal, almost-secular opposition -- still believes in the Islamic Republic; for them, "green" represents not a revolution but a civil rights movement, pushing the country inexorably toward democracy, albeit a particular brand of "Islamic democracy." Majd's first book, The Ayatollah Begs to Differ. asked, "Who are the Iraninas?" The Ayatollahs' Democracy asks, "What do they want?" Opening with a dramatic recounting of the 2009 elections, Majd launches into a chilling description of the sometimes Orwelliam bureacracy that runs the Iranian government. Drawing on privileged access to the power elite, Majd, himself the gradson ofan esteemed ayatollah, explores the paradoxes of the Iranian democratic psyche, showing why the country has proven so consistently vexing on issues ranging from its nuclear ambitions to its thirty-year could war with the United States and Israel. Drawing readers into the mosques, where mullahs give speeches while leaning on AK-47s, and into the halls of government, where government officials speak candidly (and sometimes with absurd opacity) about censorship, violence, and international politics, The Ayatollahs' Democracy reveals in Iran a Shia population believing itself persecuted by the world, and a fiercely independent revolutionary generation -- heirs to Cyrus the Great and the Persian Empire -- attempting to establish a worldwide presence. Controversial in airing defiant Iranian nationalist positions on nuclear technology and other issues, Majd's writings are hugely helpful to Western readers in explaining the complexities of the conflict between Iran and a suspicious West." -- from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Seller Inventory # 006758

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Ayatollahs' Democracy: An Iranian ...

Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, New York

Publication Date: 2010

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Miller, Jeff (jacket design)

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition