Islam versus consumerism and postmodernism in the context of Iran

Social Compass

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 389-418

  Godazgar, Hossein ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Consumerism; Diversity; Globalization; Identity; Iran; Islam; Postmodernism

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749145600     PISSN: 00377686     EISSN: 14617404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0037768607080835     Document Type: Conference Paper

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