Political Islam, Iran, and the enlightenment [electronic resource] : philosophies of hope and despair / Ali Mirsepassi.
2010
DS318.825 .M576 2010eb
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Title
Political Islam, Iran, and the enlightenment [electronic resource] : philosophies of hope and despair / Ali Mirsepassi.
Author
Mirsepassi, Ali.
ISBN
9780521768825 hardcover
9780521745901 paperback
9780511988622 electronic book
9780521745901 paperback
9780511988622 electronic book
Imprint
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (vii, 230 p.)
Call Number
DS318.825 .M576 2010eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
320.5/570955
Summary
"Ali Mirsepassi's book argues that the discourse of political Islam has strong connections to important and disturbing currents in Western philosophy and modern Western intellectual trends"-- Provided by publisher.
"Ali Mirsepassi's book presents a powerful challenge to the dominant media and scholarly construction of radical Islamist politics, and their anti-Western ideology, as a purely Islamic phenomenon derived from insular, traditional, and monolithic religious "foundations." It argues that the discourse of political Islam has strong connections to important and disturbing currents in Western philosophy and modern Western intellectual trends. The work demonstrates this by establishing links between important contemporary Iranian intellectuals and the central influence of Martin Heidegger's philosophy. We are also introduced to new democratic narratives of modernity linked to diverse intellectual trends in the West and in non-Western societies, notably in India, where the ideas of John Dewey have influenced important democratic social movements"-- Provided by publisher.
"Ali Mirsepassi's book presents a powerful challenge to the dominant media and scholarly construction of radical Islamist politics, and their anti-Western ideology, as a purely Islamic phenomenon derived from insular, traditional, and monolithic religious "foundations." It argues that the discourse of political Islam has strong connections to important and disturbing currents in Western philosophy and modern Western intellectual trends. The work demonstrates this by establishing links between important contemporary Iranian intellectuals and the central influence of Martin Heidegger's philosophy. We are also introduced to new democratic narratives of modernity linked to diverse intellectual trends in the West and in non-Western societies, notably in India, where the ideas of John Dewey have influenced important democratic social movements"-- Provided by publisher.
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Machine generated contents note: Introduction: political Islam's romance with the 'West'; 1. Intellectuals and the politics of despair; 2. The crisis of the nativist imagination; 3. Modernity beyond nativism and universalism; 4. Heidegger and Iran: the dark side of being and belonging; 5. Democracy and religion in the thought of John Dewey; 6. Enlightenment and moral politics; 7. Conclusion.