Democracy in Modern Iran : Islam, Culture, and Political Change / Ali Mirsepassi.
2010
DS318.825 .M575 2016
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Title
Democracy in Modern Iran : Islam, Culture, and Political Change / Ali Mirsepassi.
Author
Mirsepassi, Ali, author.
ISBN
9780814764398
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2010]
Copyright
©2010
Language
English
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In English.
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1 online resource
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10.18574/nyu/9780814795644.001.0001 doi
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DS318.825 .M575 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
320.955
Summary
New perspectives on Iran's relationship to democracyCan Islamic societies embrace democracy? In Democracy in Modern Iran, Ali Mirsepassi maintains that it is possible, demonstrating that Islam is not inherently hostile to the idea of democracy. Rather, he provides new perspective on how such a political and social transformation could take place, arguing that the key to understanding the integration of Islam and democracy lies in concrete social institutions rather than pre-conceived ideas, the every day experiences rather than abstract theories. Mirsepassi, an Iranian native, provides a rare inside look into the country, offering a deep understanding of how Islamic countries like Iran and Iraq can and will embrace democracy.Democracy in Modern Iran challenges readers to think about Islam and democracy critically and in a far more nuanced way than is done in black-and-white dichotomies of Islam vs. Democracy, or Iran vs. the West. This essential volume contributes important insights to current discussions, creating a more complex conception of modernity in the Eastern world and, with it, Mirsepassi offers to a broad Western audience a more accurate, less clichéd vision of Iran's political reality.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1 The Origins of Secularism in Europe
2 Modern Visions of Secularism
3 A Critical Understanding of Modernity
4 Intellectuals and Democracy
5 Religious Intellectuals
6 Alireza Alavi-Tabar and Political Change
7 The Predicaments of Iranian Public Intellectuals
8 An Intellectual Crisis in Iran
Conclusion
Notes
Index
About the Author
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1 The Origins of Secularism in Europe
2 Modern Visions of Secularism
3 A Critical Understanding of Modernity
4 Intellectuals and Democracy
5 Religious Intellectuals
6 Alireza Alavi-Tabar and Political Change
7 The Predicaments of Iranian Public Intellectuals
8 An Intellectual Crisis in Iran
Conclusion
Notes
Index
About the Author