Democracy in modern Iran
Subtitle: Islam, culture, and political change
By: Ali Mirsepassi.
Publisher: New York University Press; NYU Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780814795644
Subjects: Democracy -- Iran; Politics and culture -- Iran; Islam and politics -- Iran; Islam and secularism -- Iran; Islamic modernism -- Iran; Iran -- Politics and government; Iran -- Intellectual life
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: democracy and culture; title: The origins of secularism in Europe; title: Modern visions of secularism; title: A critical understanding of modernity; title: Intellectuals and democracy; title: Religious intellectuals; title: Alireza Alavi-Tabar and political change; title: The predicaments of Iranian public intellectuals; title: An intellectual crisis in Iran; title: Conclusion: modernity and its traditions.