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Intellectual Discourse and the Politics of Modernization: Negotiating Modernity in Iran
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Intellectual Discourse and the Politics of Modernization: Negotiating Modernity in Iran
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Ali Mirsepassi
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| Series | Cambridge Cultural Social Studies |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:244 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 231,Width 154 |
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| Category/Genre | World history - from c 1900 to now |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521659970
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| Classifications | Dewey:955.05 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
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| Illustrations |
5 Tables, unspecified
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
12 October 2000 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
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.
Reviews"...an excellent addition to the on-going debates in sociology and the Middle East." Contemporary Sociology
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