Intellectual Discourse and the Politics of Modernization

Negotiating Modernity in Iran

By:

Ali Mirsepassi

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Hardback

Series:

Cambridge Cultural Social Studies

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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.

Release date NZ

October 12th, 2000

Author

Ali Mirsepassi

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

5 Tables, unspecified

Pages

244

Series

Cambridge Cultural Social Studies

Dimensions

159x237x24

ISBN-13

9780521650007

Product ID

1771263

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