Political Islam, Iran, and the enlightenment : philosophies of hope and despair / Ali Mirsepassi.
"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.
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 230 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511975120 9780511975127 0511988621 9780511988622 051199043X 9780511990434 0511991428 9780511991424 0511992416 9780511992414 052174590X 9780521745901 1283050110 9781283050111 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511975127 |