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Islamism and Post-Islamism in Iran: An Intellectual History
Yadullah Shahibzadeh
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Hardback. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HPS; HRH; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 493.
This book is a study of overlooked themes in Iran's contemporary political and intellectual history. It investigates the way Iranian Muslim intellectuals have discussed politics and democracy. As a history of Iranian Islamism and its transformation to post-Islamism, this work demonstrates that Muslim intellectuals have enriched the Iranian society epistemologically, aesthetically, ethically, and politically. This book examines the internal conflicts of the Islamist ideology as the intellectual underpinnings of the 1979 Revolution, its contribution to the formation of the post-revolutionary state, and the post-Islamist response to the democratic deficits of the post-revolutionary state. Seeking to overcome the shortcomings of ... Read more
This book is a study of overlooked themes in Iran's contemporary political and intellectual history. It investigates the way Iranian Muslim intellectuals have discussed politics and democracy. As a history of Iranian Islamism and its transformation to post-Islamism, this work demonstrates that Muslim intellectuals have enriched the Iranian society epistemologically, aesthetically, ethically, and politically. This book examines the internal conflicts of the Islamist ideology as the intellectual underpinnings of the 1979 Revolution, its contribution to the formation of the post-revolutionary state, and the post-Islamist response to the democratic deficits of the post-revolutionary state. Seeking to overcome the shortcomings of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
492g
Number of Pages
265
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137582065
SKU
V9781137582065
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About Yadullah Shahibzadeh
Yadullah Shahibzadeh is Researcher and Instructor of Middle East Studies at the University of Oslo, Norway. He holds Bachelor, Master, and Doctoral degrees from the University of Oslo.
Reviews for Islamism and Post-Islamism in Iran: An Intellectual History
Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2016 This is the best study yet of the intellectual, religious, philosophical, and political changes that occurred in Iran from 1990s to the present. ... Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. (R. W. Olson, Choice, Vol. 54 (3), November, 2016)