Political Islam, Iran, and the enlightenment :philosophies of hope and despair
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Cambridge ; New York
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Cambridge University Press
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Ali Mirsepassi
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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