Political Islam, Iran, and the enlightenment : philosophies of hope and despair

Summary: "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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ISBN: 9780511975127
ISBN: 0511975120
ISBN: 6613050113
ISBN: 9786613050113
ISBN: 9780511988622
ISBN: 0511988621
ISBN: 9781283050111
ISBN: 1283050110
ISBN: 9780511991424
ISBN: 0511991428
ISBN: 9780511993619
ISBN: 0511993617
ISBN: 9781107217881
ISBN: 1107217881
ISBN: 052174590X
ISBN: 9780521745901
ISBN: 0521768829
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ISBN: 0511986823
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Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 230 pages)
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Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted 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.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.