Intellectual discourse and the politics of modernization : negotiating modernity in Iran / Ali Mirsepassi.
"In this study, Ali Mirsepassi explores the concept of modernity, exposing the Eurocentric prejudices and hostility to non-Western culture that have characterized its development. Focussing on the Iranian experience of modernity, he charts its political and intellectual history and develops a n...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York : Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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| Series: | Cambridge cultural social studies.
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core Sample text |
| Summary: | "In this study, Ali Mirsepassi explores the concept of modernity, exposing the Eurocentric prejudices and hostility to non-Western culture that have characterized its development. Focussing on the Iranian experience of modernity, he charts its political and intellectual history and develops a new interpretation of Islamic Fundamentalism through the detailed analysis of the ideas of key Islamic intellectuals. The author 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, culture and historical experience. He concludes by assessing the future of secularism and democracy in the Middle East in general, and in Iran in particular. This book will be essential reading for scholars and students of social theory and change, Middle Eastern Studies, Cultural Studies and many related areas."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 227 pages). |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511011849 9780511011849 0511052006 9780511052002 0511151691 9780511151699 0511172826 9780511172823 0511489242 9780511489242 0521659973 9780521659970 1280432470 9781280432477 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511489242 |