{"product_id":"islamism-and-postislamism-9780761863878","title":"Islamism and PostIslamism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIslamism 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMuslims 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword 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","brand":"Rlpg\/Galleys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037880287575,"sku":"9780761863878","price":47.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761863878.jpg?v=1750937987","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/islamism-and-postislamism-9780761863878","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}