Being Modern in Iran Book

	Acknowledgements
	Preface to the English edition
	Introduction: A Political Earthquake	1
1	When Taxes Bloom in Tehran	9
	Giving Islamic Legitimacy to Taxation	11
	The 'Rentier State' and Taxation in Iran	13
	A Look Inside the Mayor's Gardens	18
	Parks as Scenes of Conflict	23
2	The Man of Integrity: A Matter of Style	30
	Javanmardi as a Package	33
	Teyyeb: A Very Ambiguous Hero	35
	The Fruit and Vegetable Market: Inventing Tradition	38
	Javanmardi and Contemporary Life	42
	Javanmardi as a Modern Political 'Imaginaire'	46
3	The Economics of Beneficence: Generosity and Business Orientation	53
	Two Islamic Credit Networks	56
	Open-Handedness as a Social Movement	67
4	Social Beings, Political Beings: The Story of an Election	79
	The Election Campaign	80
	From the First Round to the Second	83
	Local Issues in an Election	87
	The Strategy of Companies (Sherkat)	89
	Politics in its Own Right, No Longer Sacred	91
	Elections and Political Reformulation	100
5	A New Public Space for Islam?	105
	Institutionalising the Religious Sphere	113
	Rationalising and Individualising Processes in Islam	120
	Towards Money Orientation in the Religious Field	127
6	Looking after Number One: A Competitive Society	139
	A Sports-mad Republic	140
	Competition and Self-Reflexivity	146
	Self-Reflexivity and Relations with Others	156
	From Social Relations to Social Regulations?	162
	Conclusion	175
	Glossary	179
	Index	189