Intellectual Discourse and the Politics of Modernization: Negotiating Modernity in Iran (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521659970)

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.

Author: Ali Mirsepassi
ISBN-10: 0521659973
ISBN-13: 9780521659970
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/12/2000
Pages: 244
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.08w x 0.64d