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Intellectual Discourse and the Politics of Modernization

- Negotiating Modernity in Iran

About Intellectual Discourse and the Politics of Modernization

Ali Mirsepassi explores Eurocentric assumptions about modernity and Islamic Fundamentalism. He argues the Iranian Revolution was not a clash between modernity and tradition but an attempt to accommodate modernity within a sense of authentic Islamic identity and culture and assesses the future of secularism and democracy in the Middle East.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780521659970
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 244
  • Published:
  • October 11, 2000
  • Dimensions:
  • 242x227x16 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 408 g.
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Expected delivery: December 6, 2024

Description of Intellectual Discourse and the Politics of Modernization

Ali Mirsepassi explores Eurocentric assumptions about modernity and Islamic Fundamentalism. He argues the Iranian Revolution was not a clash between modernity and tradition but an attempt to accommodate modernity within a sense of authentic Islamic identity and culture and assesses the future of secularism and democracy in the Middle East.

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