Revolution and Its Discontents: Political Thought and Reform in Iran

ISBN-13: 9781108445061 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 455 str.

Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi

Opis

With a focus on the political elite, Sadeghi-Boroujerdi analysis the intellectual and political trajectory of post-revolutionary Iranian reformism.

Recenzje

'Sadeghi-Boroujerdi's willingness to astutely and clearly address the limitations of reformist thought in Iran, which are often downplayed or even avoided, is one of the book's greatest strengths. Since he convincingly manages to situate these debates and their inspirations firmly within the context of post-Cold War liberalism, Revolution and Its Discontents should be particularly praised for transcending the all too insular conventional discussions of Iranian political thought.' Simon Wolfgang Fuchs, Political Theology

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Religious intellectuals, reform and the struggle for hegemony; 2. Constructing Behesht-e Jahan: Islam, the clergy and the state; 3. Political genealogies of reform: the rowshanfekran-e dini and the Islamic left; 4. Revolution and its discontents: ideology and the death of utopia; 5. Free faith, democratic governance and the 'official reading' of religion; 6. Khatami, the 2nd of Khordad front and the pedagogics of pluralism; 7. Sa'id Hajjariyan and reformist strategy: sovereign disenchantment and the politics of participation; Conclusion.