Intellectual Discourse and the Politics of Modernization: Negotiating Modernity in Iran

by Ali Mirsepassi

Book Overview

In this thought-provoking book, Ali Mirsepassi explores the concept of modernity and exposes the Eurocentric prejudices underlying its development. He provides a new interpretation of Islamic Fundamentalism through a detailed analysis of the ideas of key Islamic intellectuals and 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521659973
• ISBN13: 9780521659970
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"