Islamic Secularism and the Question of Freedom in Iran

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12980701
AutoresArshin Adib-Moghaddam (0000-0003-4880-1993, SOAS University of London, autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen25
Número1
Páginas71-82
Fecha de publicación2015-11-04
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMiddle East Critique (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1943-6149 • E-ISSN: 1943-6157
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19436149.2015.1101873
OpenAlexW2282662800
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas11

My research deals with the question of ‘freedom’ in Iran and the appropriation of ‘liberal’ ideas by influential intellectuals with an Islamic persuasion. At the same time, I am conceptualising the term ‘Islamic secularism’ with a particular emphasis on the spectre of democracy in Iran. I argue that Iranian thinkers, whose philosophical nodal point continues to be a modernistic interpretation of Islam (or Islamism), have struggled to formulate a theory that would transcend the confines of the revolution and satisfy the demands for pluralism and liberty put forward during several protests in Iran and, of course, during the 2011 Arab revolts

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