Intellectual Discourse and the Politics of Modernization - Negotiating Modernity in Iran

Klappentext In this thought-provoking book! Ali Mirsepassi explores the concept of modernity and exposes the Eurocentric prejudices underlying its development. He provides a new interpretation of Islamic Fundamentalism through a detailed analysis of the ideas of key Islamic intellectuals and 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 and culture. He concludes by assessing the future of secularism and democracy in the Middle East in general! and in Iran in particular. Zusammenfassung Ali Mirsepassi explores Eurocentric assumptions about modernity and Islamic Fundamentalism. He argues the Iranian Revolution was not a clash between modernity and tradition but an attempt to accommodate modernity within a sense of authentic Islamic identity and culture and assesses the future of secularism and democracy in the Middle East. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction: modernity and 'culture'; 1. Western narratives of modernity; 2. Reconciling with the West's other; 3. The crisis of secularism and the rise of political Islam; 4. Islam as a modernizing ideology: Al-e Ahmad and Shari'ati; 5. German intellectuals and the culture of modernity; 6. The tragedy of the Iranian left; 7. Modernities of our time; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ali Mirepassi, Ali Mirsepassi, Ali (Hampshire College Mirsepassi, Mirsepassi Ali
• Con la collaborazione di: Steven Seidman (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 12.10.2000
• EAN: 9780521659970
• ISBN: 978-0-521-65997-0
• Pagine: 244
• Serie: Cambridge Cultural Social Stud; Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Iran, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Middle East / Iran, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Middle Eastern history, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies