A virtual game and the actual Islamic rule: The recent presidential election in Iran

Dialectical Anthropology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-26

  Sanadjian, Manuchehr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actual; Civil society; Egoistic calculations; Faith as a privilege; Game; Identity; Islamic rule; Opinions; Play; Power; Presidential election in Iran; Representation; Represented; Ruled and rulers; Society; Spoken for; Spoken of; Symbolic capital; The right of the citizen; Truth; Virtual space

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950690206     PISSN: 03044092     EISSN: 15730786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10624-009-9137-2     Document Type: Article

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