Majid Mohammadi

Political Islam in Post-Revolutionary Iran (eBook, ePUB)

Shi'i Ideologies in Islamist Discourse

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The relationship between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Western World is fraught with challenges and tensions. In order to generate the capacity for greater engagement and dialogue, there is a need for the West to better understand the complex ideological developments that are central to Iran. Majid Mohammadi charts the central concepts and nuances of the ideological map of post-revolutionary Iran, and examines the rise and development of Shi'i Islamism. He recognizes that the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iranian political discourse are the outcome of contesting perspectives and ideologies: identity-oriented, socialist, nationalist, authoritarian, Shari'a, scripturalist, mystical, militarist and fascist. This is a comprehensive, comparative contribution to one of today's most important topics: that of the relationship between Political Islam and the West.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857736789
• Artikelnr.: 47393981

Autorenporträt

Majid Mohammadi is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Science at Glenville State College, West Virginia, and he holds a PhD in Sociology from Stony Brook University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. Introduction Part I: The Pre-Revolutionary Era 2. Early Shi'i
Islamism: Revivalism and Revolution 3. Identity-oriented Islamism: Islam
vs. the West Part II: The Post-Revolutionary Era 4. Socialist Islamism: Ali
Shari'ati 5. Nationalist Islamism: Mehdi Bazargan 6. Clerical Authoritarian
Islamism: Ruhullah Khomeini 7. Shari'ah-oriented Islamism: Morteza
Motahhari 8. Justice-oriented Scripturalist Islamism: Mohammad Reza Hakimi
9. Mysticism-oriented Islamism: Abdolkarim Soroush 10.
Militarist/Messianist Islamism: Mohammad Taqi Mesbah Yazdi 11. Fascist
Islamism: Ahmad Fardid and Reza Davari Part III: Now and Then 12.
Comparisons 13. Conclusion Epilogue