Intellectual Discourse and the Politics of Modernization
Mirsepassi, Ali / Mirepassi, Ali / Seidman, Steven![Intellectual Discourse and the Politics of Modernization](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/155/1553363/CHSBZCOP031553363.jpg)
In this thought-provoking book, Ali Mirsepassi explores the concept of modernity and exposes the Eurocentric prejudices underlying its development. He provides a new interpretation of Islamic Fundamentalism through a detailed analysis of the ideas of key Islamic intellectuals and argues that the Iranian Revolution was not a simple clash between modernity and tradition but an attempt to accommodate modernity within a sense of authentic Islamic ...