03863nam 2200745Ia 450 991046409470332120211104185948.00-8147-6439-80-8147-5864-91-78402-484-810.18574/9780814764398(CKB)2670000000557735(EBL)865763(OCoLC)779828229(SSID)ssj0000415625(PQKBManifestationID)11322638(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000415625(PQKBWorkID)10418121(PQKB)11531320(StDuBDS)EDZ0001325742(MiAaPQ)EBC865763(OCoLC)615626717(MdBmJHUP)muse4840(DE-B1597)547119(DE-B1597)9780814764398(Au-PeEL)EBL865763(CaPaEBR)ebr10386275(EXLCZ)99267000000055773520091210d2010 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrDemocracy in modern Iran[electronic resource] Islam, culture, and political change /Ali MirsepassiNew York New York University Pressc20101 online resource (236 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-9564-1 0-8147-6344-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 AuthorNew 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.DemocracyIranPolitics and cultureIranIslam and politicsIranIslam and secularismIranIslamic modernismIranIranPolitics and governmentIranIntellectual lifeElectronic books.DemocracyPolitics and cultureIslam and politicsIslam and secularismIslamic modernism320.955Mirsepassi Ali712788MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464094703321Democracy in modern Iran1893365UNINA