| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 267 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge Middle East studies ; 29
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Cambridge Middle East studies ; 29.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-261) and index. |
| Contents |
List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Emerging Iranian discourses -- Theorizing about the world -- The conservative religious discourse -- The reformist religious discourse -- The secular-modernist discourse -- Iran's silent revolution. |
| Summary |
Since its revolution in 1979, Iran has been viewed as the bastion of radical Islam and a sponsor of terrorism. The focus on its volatile internal politics and its foreign relations has, according to Kamrava, distracted attention from more subtle transformations which have been taking place there in the intervening years. with the death of Ayatollah Khomeini a more relaxed political environment opened up in Iran, which encouraged intellectual and political debate between learned elites and religious reformers. What emerged from these interactions were three competing ideologies which Kamrava categorises as conservative, reformist and secular. As the book aptly demonstrates, these developments, which amount to an intellectual revolution, will have profound and far-reaching consequences for the future of the Islamic republic, its people and very probably for countries beyond its borders. This thought-provoking account of the Iranian intellectual and cultural scene will confound stereotypical views of Iran and its mullahs. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Iran -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Iran. |
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Intellectual life. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Iran -- Intellectual life -- 21st century.
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| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
Iran -- History -- 1979-1997.
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1979-1997 |
| Subject |
Iran -- History -- 1997-
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| Chronological Term |
1997- |
| Subject |
Islam and state -- Iran -- History -- 20th century.
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Islam and state. |
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Islam and state -- Iran -- History -- 21st century.
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| Chronological Term |
Since 1900 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kamrava, Mehran, 1964- Iran's intellectual revolution. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 9780521897990 0521897998 (DLC) 2008023228 (OCoLC)227031827 |
| ISBN |
9780511438707 (electronic book) |
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0511438702 (electronic book) |
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0511438036 (electronic book) |
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9780511438035 (electronic book) |
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0511436580 (electronic book) |
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9780511436581 (electronic book) |
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9780511756146 (ebook) |
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0511756143 (ebook) |
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0521897998 (Cloth) |
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0521725186 (Paper) |
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9780521897990 (hardback) |
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9780521725187 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
9786611903947 |
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