Rival Conceptions of Freedom in Modern Iran - An Intellectual History of the Constitutional Revolution

List of contents

Introduction 1. The Horizon of the Question of Freedom in Nineteenth Century Iran 2. The Expansion of the Meaning of Freedom in the Iranian Travelogues 3. Freedom from: The Question of Legislation 4. Freedom to: the Question of Permissibility 5. Freedom of: The Question of Eligibility and Equality Epilogue Bibliography

About the author

Ahmad Hashemi obtained his doctoral degree in Oriental Studies (Intellectual History) from the University of Oxford in 2015. He is an Assistant Professor at the Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation, Department of Contemporary Islam. His research interests include the intellectual history of Iran and Islam, Political Philosophy, Persian Literature, and Digital Humanities.

Summary

Rival Conceptions of Freedom in Modern Iran is an original historiographic examination of the idea of freedom in early modern Iran within a larger context of the formation of modern Muslim thought.

Product details

• Authors: Ahmad Hashemi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367663094
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66309-4
• No. of pages: 158
• Series: Iranian Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Iran, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Middle East / Iran, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Regional Studies, Middle Eastern history, Political science and theory