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Politics in Modern Iran
Modern Iran has been a smithy for political movements, ideologies, and types of states. Movements include nationalism, constitutionalism, Marxism, Islamic fundamentalism, social democracy, Islamic liberalism, and fascism. Forms of government include Oriental despotism, authoritarianism, Islamic theocracy, and liberal democracy. These varieties have appeared in Iran in an iteration shaped by history, geography, proximity to oil and the Soviet Union, and the hegemony of Islamic culture.
Dr. Abbas Milani
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Course List
For a representative, rather than comprehensive, list of courses that count towards the minor, see the Related Courses tab of the Bulletin. Other courses may also fulfill the requirements; students should consult their Iranian Studies minor adviser concerning which courses might fulfill minor requirements.
Courses Not Currently Offered
ANTHRO
- ANTHRO 102 : Cults: Mystics and Messiahs in a Modern World
ARTHIST
COMPLIT
- COMPLIT 134A : Classics of Persian Literature (COMPLIT 234)
- COMPLIT 234 : Classics of Persian Literature (COMPLIT 134A)
GLOBAL
- GLOBAL 249C : Contemporary Iranian Theater (COMPLIT 249C)
HISTORY
- HISTORY 201A : The Global Drug Wars (HISTORY 301A)
- HISTORY 301A : The Global Drug Wars (HISTORY 201A)
INTLPOL
- INTLPOL 217 : The Future of Global Cooperation (PUBLPOL 217)
JEWISHST
MUSIC
PERSLANG
- PERSLANG 1A : Accelerated First-Year Persian, First Quarter
- PERSLANG 22 : Second-Year Modern Persian, Second Quarter
- PERSLANG 103 : Third-Year Persian, Third Quarter
POLISCI
- POLISCI 118P : U.S. Relations with Iran
- POLISCI 211N : Nuclear Politics (POLISCI 311N)
- POLISCI 311N : Nuclear Politics (POLISCI 211N)