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Book SynopsisIslamism and Post-Islamism analyzes political thought in Iran since 1979. Seyed Javad Miri engages with one of the seminal thinkers in contemporary Iranian politics, Allama Jafari, on key relevant concepts.
Trade ReviewMuslims beginning especially with the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran under the guidance of Ayatollah Khomeini have demanded a certain religious visibility, as Seyed Javad Miri has demonstrated, in their societies. However, even if Islamism is the future, it must be infused, as Miri points out, with the spirit of deliberative democracy, which philosophically separates the sources of legitimism from the particular actions of any given political actor. -- Dustin J. Byrd, professor at Olivet College, Michigan
Table of ContentsForeword Preface Chapter One: Redrawing the Map of Political Thought in an Islamist Era Chapter Two: Governmentality in the Balance of Gnosticism Introduction On Management and Leadership On Leadership and Constructive Gnosis Fundamental Obligation of Government Leadership and Society Governing and Alienation Management’s Fundamental Obligation The intelligible life and equal rights Chapter Three: Religion, Politics and Other Sagas Introduction Politics: A Conceptual Makeover Religion: Emancipative or Oppressive Factor? Political Gnosticism or Mystical Politics Power and its functions Manifestations of Authority Religion and its Janus-Face Chapter Four: Social Life Redesigned Introduction Types of Politics Political Islam Eurocentrism and Politics in a critical balance Absence of Politics in the Empire of Islam Designing of Social Life Intelligible Freedom Chapter Five: Revisiting the Principle of Divine Authority Introduction Politics and the Sunnite Interpretation Sovereignty in Islam Revisiting the Principle of Divine Authority Epilogue Bibliography Index
