Islam and dissent in postrevolutionary Iran : Abdolkarim Soroush, religious politics and democratic reform /
Islam & dissent in postrevolutionary Iran
Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi.
- London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; 2008.
- viii, 311 p. ; 24 cm.
- International library of Iranian studies ; 16 .
- International library of Iranian studies ; 16. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [290]-302) and index.
Introduction : ideological certainties, past and present -- The Islamic roots of modernity and the modern roots of Islamism -- Legitimizing the postrevolutionary regime : the genesis of the new constitution -- Abdolkarim Soroush : the intellectual voice of the Islamic Republic -- From the reign of terror to let a thousand flowers bloom -- From liberation theology to state ideology : Shari'ati and the emergence of new religious intellectuals -- The silence of the Shari'ah : Abdolkarim Soroush and the theological foundations of political reform -- Islam, democracy, and religious pluralism -- Conclusion : social change and the symbolic universe of religion.
9781845118808 (pbk.) 9781845118792 (hbk.)
2009275649
Surūsh, ʻAbd al-Karīm.
Islam and politics--Iran.
Iran--Politics and government--1979-1997. Iran--Politics and government--1997- Iran--History--Influence.--Revolution, 1979