Political Islam , Iran , and the Enlightenment : Philosophies of Hope and Despair
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\ Ali Mirsepassi
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Cambridge ; New York
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: Cambridge University press
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, 2011
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vii, 230 p.
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Index
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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