{"product_id":"political-islam-iran-and-the-enlightenment-philosophies-of-hope-and-despair-paperback-9780521745901","title":"Political Islam, Iran, and the Enlightenment; Philosophies of Hope and Despair (Paperback) 9780521745901","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePolitical Islam, Iran, and the Enlightenment\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePhilosophies of Hope and Despair\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book argues that the discourse of political Islam has strong connections to important, disturbing currents in Western philosophy and intellectual trends.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAli Mirsepassi (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521745901, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 6 December 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.33 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Ali Mirsepassi has established a reputation as a unique and bold scholar. He brings to Islamic studies a theoretical depth and scope rare among scholars. In Political Islam, Iran, and the Enlightenment, he stakes out an original perspective that highlights the Enlightenment influences on contemporary Islamic thinking and politics. In particular, Mirsepassi provides a skillful analysis of Western cultural traditions and their impact on 20thc Iranian intellectuals. This volume will be of great interest to specialists of Islam and to political theorists.\" - Steven Seidman, Department of Sociology, State University of New York\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAli 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 this by establishing links between important contemporary Iranian intellectuals and the central influence of Martin Heidegger's philosophy. We are also introduced to new democratic narratives of modernity linked to diverse intellectual trends in the West and in non-Western societies, notably in India, where the ideas of John Dewey have influenced important democratic social movements. As the first book to make such connections, it promises to be an important contribution to the field and will do much to overturn some pervasive assumptions about the dichotomy between East and West.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: political Islam's romance with the 'West'\u003cbr\u003e 1. Intellectuals and the politics of despair\u003cbr\u003e 2. The crisis of the nativist imagination\u003cbr\u003e 3. Modernity beyond nativism and universalism\u003cbr\u003e 4. Heidegger and Iran: the dark side of being and belonging\u003cbr\u003e 5. Democracy and religion in the thought of John Dewey\u003cbr\u003e 6. Enlightenment and moral politics\u003cbr\u003e 7. Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Religious \u0026amp; theocratic ideologies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Religious \u0026amp; theocratic ideologies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Religious%20\u0026amp;%20theocratic%20ideologies%20%5BJPFR%5D%22\"\u003eJPFR\u003c\/a\u003e], Political science \u0026amp; theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political science \u0026amp; theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20science%20\u0026amp;%20theory%20%5BJPA%5D%22\"\u003eJPA\u003c\/a\u003e], Social theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20theory%20%5BJHBA%5D%22\"\u003eJHBA\u003c\/a\u003e], Islamic studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Islamic studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Islamic%20studies%20%5BJFSR2%5D%22\"\u003eJFSR2\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; political philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; political philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20political%20philosophy%20%5BHPS%5D%22\"\u003eHPS\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; cultural history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20history%20%5BHBTB%5D%22\"\u003eHBTB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909148696856,"sku":"9780521745901","price":24.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521745901i_4aeb5caf-3f10-4a2a-a2be-20079ff84d06.jpg?v=1691380713","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/political-islam-iran-and-the-enlightenment-philosophies-of-hope-and-despair-paperback-9780521745901","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}