Search for dissertations about: "Iran Islam"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words Iran Islam.

2. 1. Inscription on Stone : Islam, State and Education in Iran and Turkey

   Author : Reza Arjmand; Holger Daun; Jan Härpe; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Religious education; Islam; Islamic Education; Iran; Turkey; Hegemony; International education; Internationell pedagogik; internationell pedagogik; International Education;

   Abstract : This study explores the role of education as means of creation and maintenance of religious hegemony in Iran and Turkey. In the context of this study, state-sponsored systems of mass education aim to socialize generations of children into accepting the ideology and values of the dominant groups as the normal state of affairs. READ MORE

4. 2. Living Shi'ism : Instances of Ritualisation among Islamist Men in Contemporary Iran

   Author : David Thurfjell; David Westerlund; Catharina Raudvere; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of religions; authorisation; uthority; basij; embodiment; emotion; Iran; Islam; Islamism; male religiosity; ritual; ritualisation; shi ism; sorrow; virtue; Religionshistoria; History of religion; Religionshistoria;

   Abstract : Iranian Shi‘ism is, among other things, known for its rituals of sorrow. In the contemporary Iranian context, active participation in these rituals has become a sign of support for the Islamist regime. The aim of this study is to discuss the ritual activities in the lives of a group of supporters of the regime. READ MORE

5. 3. Deciphering the Meaning of Revealed Law : The Sur´shian Paradigm in Shi’i Epistemology

   Author : Ashk Dahlén; Yann Richard; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Languages and linguistics; Islam; Shi’i; Iran; sharīʿat; fiqh; uṣūl al-fiqh; ikhtilāf; qabḍwa basṭ; Surūsh; Jawādī-Āmulī; Mujtahid-Shabistarī; Rūmī; epistemology; hermeneutics; history of philosophy and science; postmodernism; modernity; mysticism; relativism; interpretation; Språkvetenskap; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; Iranska språk; Iranian Languages;

   Abstract : This study analyses the major intellectual positions in the philosophical debate on Islamic law that is occuring in contemporary Iran. As the characteristic features of traditional epistemic considerations have a direct bearing on the modern development of Islamic legal thought, the contemporary positions are initially set against the established normative repertory of Islamic tradition. READ MORE

6. 4. Industrial buying behavior in the Middle East : a cross national study

   Author : Hossein Dadfar; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Industrial buying behavior; purchasing process for industrial capital goods; decision making; implementation; dimensions of buying behavior negotiation behavior; consulting marketing; Middle Eastern socio-cultural characteristics; tribalism; Islam; westernization; Iran; Syria; the United Arab Emirates; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : This study tackles industrial buying behavior in a socio-cultural context. The main purpose is to explore the influence of socio-cultural forces on industrial buying behavior in the Middle Eastern selected countries: Iran, Syria and the United Arab Emirates. READ MORE

7. 5. Diasporic Narratives of Sexuality : Identity Formation among Iranian- Swedish Women

   Author : Fataneh Farahani; Lena Gerholm; Beverley Skeggs; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; women’s sexuality; discursive analysis; gender; Islam; Iran; Sweden; veil; virginity; migration; diaspora; agency; hybrid identity; cultural routes; Orientalism; narrative; Ethnology; Etnologi; Ethnology; etnologi;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with the sexuality of Iranian women living in Sweden. Considering sexuality as gendered and socio-culturally constructed, I examine the impact of Iranian Islamic discourses, contemporary socialization and migration on women’s narrations of sexuality. READ MORE