Hidden Liberalism - Burdened Visions of Progress in Modern Iran

Examines liberalism's invisible, yet influential status, in modern Iranian political and intellectual discourses.

List of contents

1. Introduction: hidden liberalism; 2. Aspects of political liberalism in Iran; 3. The specter of westernism; 4. Liberation without liberalism; 5. Conclusion: (in)visible liberalisms.

About the author

Hussein Banai is Assistant Professor of International Studies in the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University in Bloomington, and Research Affiliate at the Center for International Studies at MIT. He is co-author of Becoming Enemies: US-Iran Relations and the Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988 (2012) and currently serves as Associate Editor (for Social Sciences) of Iranian Studies, the journal of the Association for Iranian Studies. His writings on Iran's political development and foreign relations have been published in in academic, policy, and popular periodicals.

Summary

Exploring liberalism's invisible, yet influential status, in modern Iranian political and intellectual discourses, this study examines the paradox of why liberalism has formed the basis of many social and political struggles, yet remains hidden as a public standpoint in contemporary Iran.

Additional text

'Are the aims and values of liberalism limited to Western culture or do they have universal appeal? Using Iran as a case study, Hidden Liberalism, examines this perennial question. The result is a sophisticated examination of the topic that is historically grounded, nuanced in argumentation and compelling in its conclusions. This is an outstanding first book by Hussein Banai that makes an important scholarly contribution to political theory, international relations and Middle East Studies.' Nader Hashemi, University of Denver

Product details

• Authors: Hussein Banai, Hussein (Indiana University Banai, Banai Hussein
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781108495592
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49559-2
• No. of pages: 230
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Iran, Cultural Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Middle East / Iran, International Relations, Middle Eastern history, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies