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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783500203321

Autore

Jahanbakhsh Forough

Titolo

Islam, democracy and religious modernism in Iran, 1953-2000 : from Bāzargān to Soroush / / Forough Jahanbakhsh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2001

ISBN

1-280-46455-0

9786610464555

1-4175-9083-1

90-474-0071-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 pages)

Collana

Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia, , 1385-3376 ; ; v. 77

Disciplina

320.955/09/045

Soggetti

Islam and state - Iran

Islam and politics - Iran

Democracy - Religious aspects - Islam

Iran Intellectual life 20th century

Iran Politics and government 1941-1979

Iran Politics and government 1979-1997

Iran Politics and government 1997-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-195) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One. What is Democracy?; Chapter Two. Democratic Norms in Islam; Chapter Three. The Emergence of Muslim Intellectualism in Modern Iran; Chapter Four. Religious Modernism and Democracy in Iran; Chapter Five. Post-Revolutionary Religious Intellectuals and Democracy. Abdulkarim Soroush; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume focuses primarily on the question of the compatability of Islam and democracy. It highlights the contribution of seven prominent pre- and post-revolutionary Iranian religious thinkers on the subject.