Simon Theobald
Biographic Data
| ID | 98989 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Simon Theobald |
| GIVEN NAMES | Simon |
| FAMILY NAME | Theobald |
| SIGNATURE | THEOBALD S |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4670-2089 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The perils of utopia: Between 'ethical static' and moral perfectionism in Iran
Following the Iranian Revolution, ideologues within the Republican system promised the possibility of ethical perfection so long as Iranians adhered to guidelines promulgated by the state. Drawing on a case study of both critics and supporters of the government living in Mashhad, I argue that one of the inadvertent outcomes of this commitment to perfectionism has been its instrumentalization by government critics as a tool to condemn the behaviou…
A possible perfection: Prayers upon the Prophet and the evocation of an exemplary Islamist public in postrevolutionary Iran
Among my interlocutors in Mashhad, Iran's second-largest city, were individuals who repeatedly claimed that some persons, philosophies, and ethical lives not only might be but actually were perfect (kāmel). The salavāt, a polyvalent blessing upon the Prophet and his descendants, evinces this. By evoking a unified, authoritative, egalitarian moment, reoriented in praise of perfect religious exemplars, the salavāt provides a sonic mechanism that ma…
Beyond the Prophet’s Heirs: Emergent Trajectories of a new Sectarian Polemic in Contemporary Iran
Sectarian polemic directed at Sunni Muslims in Iran and elsewhere in the Shi’ite world has traditionally foregrounded the historic conflict over and fallout from the Prophetic succession as one of the primary markers of Sunni difference. In contrast to this precedent, I argue that we are witnessing the emergence of a newly formulated parallel discourse in the trajectory of sectarian polemic that is rooted less in such age old concerns and instead…
We Deserve Better”: Ideologies of Deservingness and Status in the Interpretation of Chinese Goods in an Iranian Bazaar
This article argues that even as Chinese imports occupy an increasingly large percentage of the space in Mashhad’s bazaars and marketplaces, such goods are interpreted not only as being of poor quality but, critically, as insufficiently “worthy” of the Iranian middle class who positioned themselves as “deserving better.” In attempting to assess why this is the case, the article suggests that such framing both reveals much of, and requires us to c…
Lubavitcher Messianism: What Really Happens When Prophecy Fails? – By S. Dein
Chassidic Ecstasy in Music – By Shmuel Barzilai
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Lubavitcher Messianism: What Really Happens When Prophecy Fails? – By S. Dein
Chassidic Ecstasy in Music – By Shmuel Barzilai
Beyond the Prophet’s Heirs: Emergent Trajectories of a new Sectarian Polemic in Contemporary Iran
Sectarian polemic directed at Sunni Muslims in Iran and elsewhere in the Shi’ite world has traditionally foregrounded the historic conflict over and fallout from the Prophetic succession as one of the primary markers of Sunni difference. In contrast to this precedent, I argue that we are witnessing the emergence of a newly formulated parallel discourse in the trajectory of sectarian polemic that is rooted less in such age old concerns and instead…
We Deserve Better”: Ideologies of Deservingness and Status in the Interpretation of Chinese Goods in an Iranian Bazaar
This article argues that even as Chinese imports occupy an increasingly large percentage of the space in Mashhad’s bazaars and marketplaces, such goods are interpreted not only as being of poor quality but, critically, as insufficiently “worthy” of the Iranian middle class who positioned themselves as “deserving better.” In attempting to assess why this is the case, the article suggests that such framing both reveals much of, and requires us to c…
The perils of utopia: Between 'ethical static' and moral perfectionism in Iran
Following the Iranian Revolution, ideologues within the Republican system promised the possibility of ethical perfection so long as Iranians adhered to guidelines promulgated by the state. Drawing on a case study of both critics and supporters of the government living in Mashhad, I argue that one of the inadvertent outcomes of this commitment to perfectionism has been its instrumentalization by government critics as a tool to condemn the behaviou…
A possible perfection: Prayers upon the Prophet and the evocation of an exemplary Islamist public in postrevolutionary Iran
Among my interlocutors in Mashhad, Iran's second-largest city, were individuals who repeatedly claimed that some persons, philosophies, and ethical lives not only might be but actually were perfect (kāmel). The salavāt, a polyvalent blessing upon the Prophet and his descendants, evinces this. By evoking a unified, authoritative, egalitarian moment, reoriented in praise of perfect religious exemplars, the salavāt provides a sonic mechanism that ma…
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