1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996387966503316

Titolo

Most strange and vvonderful news from a place call'd the Leister, by Castle-Street, in the parish of St. Martins in the fields [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London], : Printed for T.M. in Fleet-street, [1694]

Descrizione fisica

1 sheet ([1] p.)

Soggetti

Murder - England

BroadsidesEnglandLondon

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Place and date of publication from Wing (CD-ROM edition).

Reproduction of original in the Newberry Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0101



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910821797903321

Autore

Mirsepassi Ali

Titolo

Democracy in modern Iran [[electronic resource] ] : Islam, culture, and political change / / Ali Mirsepassi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8147-6439-8

0-8147-5864-9

1-78402-484-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Disciplina

320.955

Soggetti

Democracy - Iran

Politics and culture - Iran

Islam and politics - Iran

Islam and secularism - Iran

Islamic modernism - Iran

Iran Politics and government

Iran Intellectual life

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The Origins of Secularism in Europe -- 2 Modern Visions of Secularism -- 3 A Critical Understanding of Modernity -- 4 Intellectuals and Democracy -- 5 Religious Intellectuals -- 6 Alireza Alavi-Tabar and Political Change -- 7 The Predicaments of Iranian Public Intellectuals -- 8 An Intellectual Crisis in Iran -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

New perspectives on Iran's relationship to democracy Can Islamic societies embrace democracy? In Democracy in Modern Iran, Ali Mirsepassi maintains that it is possible, demonstrating that Islam is not inherently hostile to the idea of democracy. Rather, he provides new perspective on how such a political and social transformation could take place, arguing that the key to understanding the integration of Islam and democracy lies in concrete social institutions rather than



pre-conceived ideas, the every day experiences rather than abstract theories. Mirsepassi, an Iranian native, provides a rare inside look into the country, offering a deep understanding of how Islamic countries like Iran and Iraq can and will embrace democracy. Democracy in Modern Iran challenges readers to think about Islam and democracy critically and in a far more nuanced way than is done in black-and-white dichotomies of Islam vs. Democracy, or Iran vs. the West. This essential volume contributes important insights to current discussions, creating a more complex conception of modernity in the Eastern world and, with it, Mirsepassi offers to a broad Western audience a more accurate, less clichéd vision of Iran’s political reality.