Religion and Politics in Modern Iran - A Reader

Informationen zum Autor Lloyd Ridgeon is Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the University of Glasgow. He has edited a book on 'Major World Religions' and is the author of 'Persian Mysticism and Metaphysics: Selected Works of 'Aziz Nasafi'. Klappentext This reader provides crucial political and religious texts that cover the past one hundred years of Iranian history. It introduces the chief issues preoccupying the minds of the most prominent thinkers of modern Iran. Many of these writings have become indispensable texts for students of Middle East studies! religious studies and Islamic studies! while others are difficult to find or have never appeared before in English. Each article is preceded by an introduction discussing its significance and placing each writer in historical context. It includes chapters on Sufism in modern Iran and on women in Iran. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive anthology of texts to do justice to modern Iranian political thought, containing many crucially important texts in English. This work emphasises on questions of gender and Sufism in Iran. Covering the last 100 years of Iranian history, this book introduces some of the most crucial political and religious texts of the period.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Lloyd Ridgeon, Lloyd (University of Glasgow Ridgeon, Lloyd V. J. Ridgeon
• Mitarbeit: Lloyd Ridgeon (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Tauris, I.B.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 21.09.2005
• EAN: 9781845110734
• ISBN: 978-1-84511-073-4
• Seiten: 296
• Serien: International Library of Iranian Studies; International Library of Irani; International Library of Iranian Studies; International Library of Irani
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung