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

Published Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (240 pages) Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Intellectuals and the Politics of Despair; 2 The Crisis of the Nativist Imagination; 3 Modernity beyond Nativism and Universalism; 4 Heidegger and Iran: The Dark Side of Being and Belonging; 5 Democracy and Religion in the Thoughtof John Dewey; 6 Enlightenment and Moral Politics; 7 Conclusion; Notes; Index Summary Argues that the discourse of political Islam has strong connections to important, disturbing currents in Western philosophy and intellectual trends Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976 -- Influence -- Electronic information resources Dewey, John, 1859-1952 -- Influence -- Electronic information resources SUBJECT Dewey, John, 1859-1952 fast Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976 fast Subject Intellectuals -- Political activity -- Iran -- Electronic information resources Islam and politics -- Iran -- Electronic information resources Politics and culture -- Iran -- Electronic information resources Islam and secularism -- Iran -- Electronic information resources Islamic modernism -- Iran -- Electronic information resources Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Intellectual life Intellectuals -- Political activity Islam and politics Islam and secularism Islamic modernism Politics and culture SUBJECT Iran -- Politics and government -- Electronic information resources Iran -- Intellectual life -- Electronic information resources Subject Iran Form Electronic book ISBN 9780511990434 051199043X 9780511988622 0511988621

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