Intellectl Discourse Politic Modern: Negotiating Modernity in Iran - Couverture souple

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Mirsepassi, Ali

 
9780521659970: Intellectl Discourse Politic Modern: Negotiating Modernity in Iran
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521659973 ISBN 13 : 9780521659970
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

In this thought-provoking study, Ali Mirsepassi explores the concept of modernity, exposing the Eurocentric prejudices and hostility to non-Western culture that have characterized its development. Focusing on the Iranian experience of modernity, he charts its political and intellectual history and develops a new interpretation of Islamic Fundamentalism through the detailed analysis of the ideas of key Islamic intellectuals. The author argues that the Iranian Revolution was not a simple clash between modernity and tradition but an attempt to accommodate modernity within a sense of authentic Islamic identity, culture and historical experience. He concludes by assessing the future of secularism and democracy in the Middle East in general, and in Iran in particular. A significant contribution to the literature on modernity, social change and Islamic Studies, this book will be essential reading for scholars and students of social theory and change, Middle Eastern Studies, Cultural Studies and many related areas.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In this thought-provoking study, Ali Mirsepassi explores the concept of modernity, exposing the Eurocentric prejudices and hostility to non-Western culture that have characterized its development. Focusing on the Iranian experience of modernity, he charts its political and intellectual history and develops a new interpretation of Islamic Fundamentalism through the detailed analysis of the ideas of key Islamic intellectuals. The author argues that the Iranian Revolution was not a simple clash between modernity and tradition but an attempt to accommodate modernity within a sense of authentic Islamic identity, culture and historical experience. He concludes by assessing the future of secularism and democracy in the Middle East in general, and in Iran in particular. A significant contribution to the literature on modernity, social change and Islamic Studies, this book will be essential reading for scholars and students of social theory and change, Middle Eastern Studies, Cultural Studies and many related areas.

Revue de presse

"...an excellent addition to the on-going debates in sociology and the Middle East." Contemporary Sociology

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521659973
ISBN 13 
9780521659970
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
244
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9780521650007: Intellectual Discourse and the Politics of Modernization: Negotiating Modernity in Iran

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521650003 ISBN 13 :  9780521650007
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2000
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