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Intellectual discourse and the politics of modernization : negotiating modernity in Iran /
"In this study, Ali Mirsepassi explores the concept of modernity, exposing the Eurocentric prejudices and hostility to non-Western culture that have characterized its development. Focussing on the Iranian experience of modernity, he charts its political and intellectual history and develops a n...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
New York : Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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| Colección: | Cambridge cultural social studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "In this study, Ali Mirsepassi explores the concept of modernity, exposing the Eurocentric prejudices and hostility to non-Western culture that have characterized its development. Focussing on the Iranian experience of modernity, he charts its political and intellectual history and develops a new interpretation of Islamic Fundamentalism through the detailed analysis of the ideas of key Islamic intellectuals. The author argues that the Iranian Revolution was not a simple clash between modernity and tradition but an attempt to accommodate modernity within a sense of authentic Islamic identity, culture and historical experience. He concludes by assessing the future of secularism and democracy in the Middle East in general, and in Iran in particular This book will be essential reading for scholars and students of social theory and change, Middle Eastern Studies, Cultural Studies and many related areas."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 227 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-223) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511011849 9780511011849 0511036760 9780511036767 0511151691 9780511151699 9780521650007 0521650003 9780511489242 0511489242 9786610432479 6610432473 |