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The Flourishing of Islamic Reformism in Iran: Political Islamic Groups in Iran (1941-61) (Routledge Studies in Political Islam)
Full title: | The Flourishing of Islamic Reformism in Iran: Political Islamic Groups in Iran (1941-61) (Routledge Studies in Political Islam) |
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ISBN: | 9780415664127 |
ISBN 10: | 0415664128 |
Authors: | Taghavi, Seyed Mohammad Ali |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Edition: | 1 |
Num. pages: | 192 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2011 |
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Synopsis
During the 1940s and 1950s, Islamic reformism flourished in Iran. This book examines how Iranian Islamic groups came to rethink traditional accounts of religion and nurture a politicized version of Islam. The author shows how similar social and political circumstances, but different family and educational backgrounds gave rise to socialist, democratic/scientific and fundamentalist/militant reinterpretations of Islam. What was common among these groups was a tendency towards politicizing the religion. A significant contribution to discussions of contemporary political thought in Iran, this book will be of interest to researchers and academics of Islamic political though and Iranian politics and history.