Political Islam, Iran, and the Enlightenment: Philosophies of Hope and Despair

by Ali Mirsepassi and Ali Mirsepassi

Book Overview

Ali Mirsepassi's book presents a powerful challenge to the dominant media and scholarly construction of radical Islamist politics, and their anti-Western ideology, as a purely Islamic phenomenon derived from insular, traditional, and monolithic religious "foundations." It argues that the discourse of political Islam has strong connections to important and disturbing currents in Western philosophy and modern Western intellectual trends. The work demonstrates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052174590X
• ISBN13: 9780521745901
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"