Examines modernity in the context of Islamic Fundamentalism and the Iranian Revolution. Series: Cambridge Cultural Social Studies. Num Pages: 244 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW; JFC; JFF; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 515. . 2000. illustrated edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Intellectual Discourse and the Politics of Modernization: Negotiating Modernity in Iran (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2000
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0521650003
ISBN 13: 9780521650007
Binding: Hardcover
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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.

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"...an excellent addition to the on-going debates in sociology and the Middle East." Contemporary Sociology

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