Liminality and Experience: The 1979 Revolution in Iran and Shia Religious Symbols

Drawing on Victor Turner’s emphasis on the importance of symbols and his analyses of liminality together with Wilhelm Dilthey’s explanations of experience, and considering the mimetic theory of René Girard, this article focuses on the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran to explore Shia religion, particu...

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Main Author: Isaloo, Amin Sharifi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2018
In: Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions
Year: 2018, Volume: 6, Pages: 60-83
Further subjects:B Liminality
B Iran
B Ta’ziyeh
B Symbols
B Imitation
B Religion
B Ritual
B Sacrifice
B Culture
B Revolution
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