Islamism and Post-Islamism: Reflections Upon Allama Jafari's Political Thought

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University Press of America, 2014 - Philosophy - 89 pages
Islamism and Post-Islamism analyzes political thought in Iran since 1979. Seyed Javad Miri engages with one of the seminal thinkers in contemporary Iranian politics, Allama Jafari, on key relevant concepts. In this book, Miri discusses several important topics: -Redrawing the map of political thought in an islamist era -Governmentality in the balance of gnosticism -Religion, politics and other sagas -Changes in Iranian social life -The principle of divine authority in modern Iran

About the author (2014)

Seyed Javad Miri is the director of international relations at the Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies in Iran. He has written over 40 books. He is the author of East and West: Allama Jafari on Bertrand Russell (University Press of America, 2013) and Reflections on the Social Thought of Allama M.T. Jafari: Rediscovering the Sociological Relevance of the Primordial School of Social Theory (University Press of America, 2010).

Bibliographic information

TitleIslamism and Post-Islamism: Reflections Upon Allama Jafari's Political Thought
G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series
AuthorSeyed Javad Miri
Editionreprint
PublisherUniversity Press of America, 2014
ISBN0761863877, 9780761863878
Length89 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Philosophy / Political
Political Science / History & Theory
Political Science / International Relations / General
Political Science / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism
Political Science / World / Middle Eastern
Religion / History
Religion / Islam / General
Social Science / Sociology of Religion
  
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