Sami Zubaida is a Reader in Sociology at Birkbeck College, University of London.

• * Acknowledgements * Introduction to the First Edition * Introduction to the Second Edition * The ideological preconditions of Khomeini’s doctrine in government * The quest for the Islamic state: Islamic Fundamentalism in Egypt & Iran * Classes as political actors in the Iranian revolution * Class and community in urban politics * Components of popular culture in the Middle East * The nation state in the Middle East * References * Index *

Sami Zubaida is a Reader in Sociology at Birkbeck College, University of London.

• * Acknowledgements * Introduction to the First Edition * Introduction to the Second Edition * The ideological preconditions of Khomeini’s doctrine in government * The quest for the Islamic state: Islamic Fundamentalism in Egypt & Iran * Classes as political actors in the Iranian revolution * Class and community in urban politics * Components of popular culture in the Middle East * The nation state in the Middle East * References * Index *

Sami Zubaida is a Reader in Sociology at Birkbeck College, University of London.

• * Acknowledgements * Introduction to the First Edition * Introduction to the Second Edition * The ideological preconditions of Khomeini’s doctrine in government * The quest for the Islamic state: Islamic Fundamentalism in Egypt & Iran * Classes as political actors in the Iranian revolution * Class and community in urban politics * Components of popular culture in the Middle East * The nation state in the Middle East * References * Index *