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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783819903321

Autore

TaqaviÌ Muhammad 'AliÌ

Titolo

The flourishing of Islamic reformism in Iran : political Islamic groups in Iran (1941-61) / / Seyed Mohammad Ali Taghavi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-26848-3

1-134-26849-1

1-280-32337-X

0-203-32162-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 p.)

Collana

RoutledgeCurzon studies in political Islam ; ; 1

Disciplina

297.27209550904

Soggetti

Islam and politics - Iran

Islamic renewal - Iran

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. [143]-172) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 History; 2 Reforming Islamic thought reconciling Islam and socialism; 3 The methodology of reforming Islamic thought; 4 The historical and intellectual context of the formation of the Socialist Theists' views; 5 History; 6 A new approach to Islam a worldly Islam; 7 The methodology of working out the new approach; 8 Formative factors in Bazargan's approach to Islam; 9 History; 10 A militant approach to Islam; 11 Social and political factors influencing Fada'iyan's thought; Conclusion; Afterword; Glossary; Notes

BibliographyIndex

Sommario/riassunto

During the 1940s and 1950s, Islamic reformism flourished in Iran. This book examines how Iranian Islamic groups came to rethink traditional accounts of religion and nurture a politicized version of Islam. The author shows how similar social and political circumstances, but different family and educational backgrounds gave rise to socialist, democratic/scientific and fundamentalist/militant reinterpretations of Islam. What was common among these groups was a tendency towards politicizing the religion. A significant contribution to discussions of contemporary political thought in Iran, this book