02772cam a22003855a 4500 16261477 20180128134530.0 100601s2011 enk frb f001 0 eng d 9780521745901 052174590X DLC DLC YDX YDXCP CDX IUL DEBBG DLC EG-ScBUE eng per eng pcc a-ir--- 22 320.5570955 MIR Mirsepassi, Ali. Political Islam, Iran, and the enlightenment : philosophies of hope and despair / Ali Mirsepassi. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. vii, 230 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: political Islam's romance with the 'West' -- 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 thought of John Dewey -- 6. Enlightenment and moral politics -- 7. Conclusion. "Ali Mirsepassi's book argues that the discourse of political Islam has strong connections to important and disturbing currents in Western philosophy and modern Western intellectual trends"--Provided by publisher. "Ali 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"--Provided by publisher. Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976 Influence. Dewey, John, 1859-1952 Influence. Intellectuals Political activity Iran. BUEsh Islam and politics Iran. BUEsh Politics and culture Iran. BUEsh Islam and secularism Iran. BUEsh Islamic modernism Iran. BUEsh Iran Politics and government. BUEsh Iran Intellectual life. BUEsh GGEN BUSBOL January2018 ddc 26021 25993 0 0 ddc 0 0 MERIC MAIN MAIN 1ST 2018-01-28 Purchase 185.20 000292 2 13 320.5570955 MIR 000047184 2025-07-15 00:00:00 2024-12-11 BB