LEADER 04211nam 2200913Ia 450 001 9910787964803321 005 20230725040304.0 010 $a0-8147-6439-8 010 $a0-8147-5864-9 010 $a1-78402-484-8 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814764398 035 $a(CKB)2670000000557735 035 $a(EBL)865763 035 $a(OCoLC)779828229 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000415625 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11322638 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000415625 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10418121 035 $a(PQKB)11531320 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001325742 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865763 035 $a(OCoLC)615626717 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse4840 035 $a(DE-B1597)547119 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814764398 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865763 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10386275 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000557735 100 $a20091210d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDemocracy in modern Iran$b[electronic resource] $eIslam, culture, and political change /$fAli Mirsepassi 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (236 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8147-9564-1 311 0 $a0-8147-6344-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tPreface --$tIntroduction --$t1 The Origins of Secularism in Europe --$t2 Modern Visions of Secularism --$t3 A Critical Understanding of Modernity --$t4 Intellectuals and Democracy --$t5 Religious Intellectuals --$t6 Alireza Alavi-Tabar and Political Change --$t7 The Predicaments of Iranian Public Intellectuals --$t8 An Intellectual Crisis in Iran --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aNew 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. 606 $aDemocracy$zIran 606 $aPolitics and culture$zIran 606 $aIslam and politics$zIran 606 $aIslam and secularism$zIran 606 $aIslamic modernism$zIran 607 $aIran$xPolitics and government 607 $aIran$xIntellectual life 610 $aIran. 610 $aIslam. 610 $aIslamic. 610 $aMirsepassi. 610 $aModern. 610 $ademocracy. 610 $ademonstrating. 610 $aembrace. 610 $ahostile. 610 $aidea. 610 $ainherently. 610 $amaintains. 610 $apossible. 610 $asocieties. 610 $athat. 615 0$aDemocracy 615 0$aPolitics and culture 615 0$aIslam and politics 615 0$aIslam and secularism 615 0$aIslamic modernism 676 $a320.955 700 $aMirsepassi$b Ali$0712788 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787964803321 996 $aDemocracy in modern Iran$93849463 997 $aUNINA