Reading Legitimation Crisis in Tehran: Iran and the Future of Liberalism

by Danny Postel

Book Overview

The Iran depicted in the headlines is a rogue state ruled by ever-more-defiant Islamic fundamentalists. Yet inside the borders, an unheralded transformation of a wholly different political bent is occurring. A "liberal renaissance," as one Iranian thinker terms it, is emerging in Iran, and in this pamphlet, Danny Postel charts the contours of the intellectual upheaval.

Reading "Legitimation Crisis" in Tehran examines the conflicted positions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0976147572
• ISBN13: 9780976147572
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Prickly Paradigm Press
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.5" x 7.0"