Iran, in Search of a Nonsecular and Nontheocratic Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2428151 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Shakman Hurd (0000-0002-6862-9812, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 25-32 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0899-2363 • E-ISSN: 1527-8018 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/08992363-2009-014 |
| OpenAlex | W2076920372 |
| Language | EN |
The Iranian oppositional movement led by Mir Hussein Moussavi offers a glimpse of a third path that departs from a rigid dichotomy between secularism and political Islam and leads toward alternative religiopolitical possibilities not only for Iran but for other countries as well. How the West responds to this crisis, specifically to the democratic potential of nonsecular and nontheocratic forms of politics, is crucial
Authoritarianism · Democracy · Islam · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Secularism · Sociology · Theology · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |