Democracy in Modern Iran : Islam, Culture, and Political Change /
Mirsepassi, Ali
Democracy in Modern Iran : Islam, Culture, and Political Change / Ali Mirsepassi. - 1 online resource
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
New perspectives on Iran's relationship to democracyCan Islamic societies embrace democracy? In Democracy in Modern Iran, Ali Mirsepassi maintains that it is possible, demonstrating that Islam is not inherently hostile to the idea of democracy. Rather, he provides new perspective on how such a political and social transformation could take place, arguing that the key to understanding the integration of Islam and democracy lies in concrete social institutions rather than pre-conceived ideas, the every day experiences rather than abstract theories. Mirsepassi, an Iranian native, provides a rare inside look into the country, offering a deep understanding of how Islamic countries like Iran and Iraq can and will embrace democracy.Democracy in Modern Iran challenges readers to think about Islam and democracy critically and in a far more nuanced way than is done in black-and-white dichotomies of Islam vs. Democracy, or Iran vs. the West. This essential volume contributes important insights to current discussions, creating a more complex conception of modernity in the Eastern world and, with it, Mirsepassi offers to a broad Western audience a more accurate, less clichéd vision of Iran's political reality.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780814763445 9780814764398
10.18574/nyu/9780814795644.001.0001 doi
Democracy--Iran.
Islam and politics--Iran.
Islam and secularism--Iran.
Islamic modernism--Iran.
Politics and culture--Iran.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
Iran. Islam. Islamic. Mirsepassi. Modern. democracy. demonstrating. embrace. hostile. idea. inherently. maintains. possible. societies. that.
DS318.825 / .M575 2016
320.955
Democracy in Modern Iran : Islam, Culture, and Political Change / Ali Mirsepassi. - 1 online resource
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
New perspectives on Iran's relationship to democracyCan Islamic societies embrace democracy? In Democracy in Modern Iran, Ali Mirsepassi maintains that it is possible, demonstrating that Islam is not inherently hostile to the idea of democracy. Rather, he provides new perspective on how such a political and social transformation could take place, arguing that the key to understanding the integration of Islam and democracy lies in concrete social institutions rather than pre-conceived ideas, the every day experiences rather than abstract theories. Mirsepassi, an Iranian native, provides a rare inside look into the country, offering a deep understanding of how Islamic countries like Iran and Iraq can and will embrace democracy.Democracy in Modern Iran challenges readers to think about Islam and democracy critically and in a far more nuanced way than is done in black-and-white dichotomies of Islam vs. Democracy, or Iran vs. the West. This essential volume contributes important insights to current discussions, creating a more complex conception of modernity in the Eastern world and, with it, Mirsepassi offers to a broad Western audience a more accurate, less clichéd vision of Iran's political reality.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780814763445 9780814764398
10.18574/nyu/9780814795644.001.0001 doi
Democracy--Iran.
Islam and politics--Iran.
Islam and secularism--Iran.
Islamic modernism--Iran.
Politics and culture--Iran.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
Iran. Islam. Islamic. Mirsepassi. Modern. democracy. demonstrating. embrace. hostile. idea. inherently. maintains. possible. societies. that.
DS318.825 / .M575 2016
320.955