Democracy in modern Iran:Islam, culture, and political change/ Ali Mirsepassi.
Physical description:
xv, 219 p. 24 cm.;
Bibliographic notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-204) and index.;
Author(s): Mirsepassi, Ali.;
ISBN:
9780814795644 (alk. paper;
Subjects: Democracy --Iran.;
Politics and culture --Iran.;
Islam and politics --Iran.;
Islam and secularism --Iran.;
Islamic modernism --Iran.;
Iran --Politics and government.;
Formatted contents notes:
Introduction: democracy and culture -- The origins of secularism in Europe -- Modern visions of secularism -- A critical understanding of modernity -- Intellectuals and democracy -- Religious intellectuals -- Alireza Alavi-Tabar and political change -- The predicaments of Iranian public intellectuals -- An intellectual crisis in Iran -- Conclusion: modernity and its traditions.;
Publisher:
New York : New York University Press , c2010.;
Call number: 320.955 MIR;
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