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      Democracy in Modern Iran: Islam, Culture, and Political Change

      Ali Mirsepassi

      Offers important theoretical insights into how democracy is understood in the Middle East

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      Democracy in Modern Iran: Islam, Culture, and Political Change

      Ali Mirsepassi

      Can Islamic societies embrace democracy? This title maintains that it is possible, demonstrating that Islam is not inherently hostile to the idea of democracy. It argues that the key to…

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      The Discovery of Iran: Taghi Arani, a Radical Cosmopolitan

      Ali Mirsepassi

      The Discovery of Iran examines the history of Iranian nationalism afresh through the life and work of Taghi Arani, the founder of Iran’s first Marxist journal, Donya. In his quest…

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      The Loneliest Revolution: A Memoir of Solidarity and Struggle in Iran

      Ali Mirsepassi

      In this first-hand account of the Iranian Revolution, Mirsepassi deftly weaves together his memories of provincial life and radical activism in 1960s and 1970s Iran with insights gleaned in his…

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      The Loneliest Revolution: A Memoir of Solidarity and Struggle in Iran

      Ali Mirsepassi

      In this first-hand account of the Iranian Revolution, Mirsepassi deftly weaves together his memories of provincial life and radical activism in 1960s and 1970s Iran with insights gleaned in his…

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      Transnationalism in Iranian Political Thought: The Life and Times of Ahmad Fardid

      Ali Mirsepassi (New York University)

      An account of the rise of political Islam in modern Iran, following the intellectual journey of the philosopher Ahmad Fardid. This book will be of use to scholars in courses…

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      Transnationalism in Iranian Political Thought: The Life and Times of Ahmad Fardid

      Ali Mirsepassi (New York University)

      An account of the rise of political Islam in modern Iran, following the intellectual journey of the philosopher Ahmad Fardid. This book will be of use to scholars in courses…

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      Political Islam, Iran, and the Enlightenment: Philosophies of Hope and Despair

      Ali Mirsepassi (New York University)

      This book presents a powerful challenge to the dominant media and scholarly construction of radical Islamist politics as a purely Islamic phenomenon derived from insular, traditional and monolithic religious ‘foundations’…

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      Iran’s Troubled Modernity: Debating Ahmad Fardid’s Legacy

      Ali Mirsepassi (New York University)

      Ahmad Fardid (1910-94), an ‘anti-Western’ philosopher, became the self-proclaimed philosophical spokesperson for the Islamic Republic, coining the term ‘Westoxication’. With thirteen interviews relating his colourful life and intellectual legacy, Mirsepassi…

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      Iran’s Quiet Revolution: The Downfall of the Pahlavi State

      Ali Mirsepassi (New York University)

      Challenging the prevailing view of pre-Revolution Iran, this new perspective on Iranian politics and culture in the 1960s and 70s documents how the Pahlavi State adopted ‘Westoxification’ discourses to present…

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      Iran’s Troubled Modernity: Debating Ahmad Fardid’s Legacy

      Ali Mirsepassi (New York University)

      Ahmad Fardid (1910-94), an ‘anti-Western’ philosopher, became the self-proclaimed philosophical spokesperson for the Islamic Republic, coining the term ‘Westoxication’. With thirteen interviews relating his colourful life and intellectual legacy, Mirsepassi…

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      Iran’s Quiet Revolution: The Downfall of the Pahlavi State

      Ali Mirsepassi (New York University)

      Challenging the prevailing view of pre-Revolution Iran, this new perspective on Iranian politics and culture in the 1960s and 70s documents how the Pahlavi State adopted ‘Westoxification’ discourses to present…

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      Political Islam, Iran, and the Enlightenment: Philosophies of Hope and Despair

      Ali Mirsepassi (New York University)

      This book presents a powerful challenge to the dominant media and scholarly construction of radical Islamist politics as a purely Islamic phenomenon derived from insular, traditional and monolithic religious ‘foundations’…

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      Intellectual Discourse and the Politics of Modernization: Negotiating Modernity in Iran

      Ali Mirsepassi (Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts)

      Ali Mirsepassi explores Eurocentric assumptions about modernity and Islamic Fundamentalism. He argues the Iranian Revolution was not a clash between modernity and tradition but an attempt to accommodate modernity within…

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      Intellectual Discourse and the Politics of Modernization: Negotiating Modernity in Iran

      Ali Mirsepassi (Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts)

      Ali Mirsepassi explores Eurocentric assumptions about modernity and Islamic Fundamentalism. He argues the Iranian Revolution was not a clash between modernity and tradition but an attempt to accommodate modernity within…

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      Global 1979: Geographies and Histories of the Iranian Revolution

      A multi-disciplinary approach to the study of the 1979 Iranian revolution, offering a way to understand it not as a by-product of a globalization process, or as a singular event…

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      Global 1979: Geographies and Histories of the Iranian Revolution

      A multi-disciplinary approach to the study of the 1979 Iranian revolution, offering a way to understand it not as a by-product of a globalization process, or as a singular event…

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      Islam, Democracy, and Cosmopolitanism: At Home and in the World

      Ali Mirsepassi (New York University),Tadd Graham Fernee

      This book presents a critical study of citizenship, state and globalization in societies that have been historically influenced by Islamic traditions and institutions. Interrogating the work of contemporary theorists of…

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      Islam, Democracy, and Cosmopolitanism: At Home and in the World

      Ali Mirsepassi (New York University),Tadd Graham Fernee

      This book presents a critical study of citizenship, state and globalization in societies that have been historically influenced by Islamic traditions and institutions. Interrogating the work of contemporary theorists of…

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      Localizing Knowledge in a Globalizing World: Recasting the Area Studies Debate

      Ali Mirsepassi

      The essays in this collection entertain the question of how scholars may reconfigure area-based knowledge to respond to social sciences and globalization. The authors demonstrate that local knowledge is vital…

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      Localizing Knowledge in a Globalizing World: Recasting the Area Studies Debate

      The essays in this collection entertain the question of how scholars may reconfigure area-based knowledge to respond to social sciences and globalization. The authors demonstrate that local knowledge is vital…

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