The flourishing of Islamic reformism in Iran : political Islamic groups in Iran (1941-61) / Seyed Mohammad Ali Taghavi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taqavī, Muḥammad ʻAlī.

Series:

RoutledgeCurzon studies in political Islam ; 1.

RoutledgeCurzon studies in political Islam ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and politics--Iran.

Islam and politics.

Islamic renewal--Iran.

Islamic renewal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 History; 2 Reforming Islamic thought reconciling Islam and socialism; 3 The methodology of reforming Islamic thought; 4 The historical and intellectual context of the formation of the Socialist Theists' views; 5 History; 6 A new approach to Islam a worldly Islam; 7 The methodology of working out the new approach; 8 Formative factors in Bazargan's approach to Islam; 9 History; 10 A militant approach to Islam; 11 Social and political factors influencing Fada'iyan's thought; Conclusion; Afterword; Glossary; Notes

BibliographyIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-172) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-26848-3

1-134-26849-1

1-280-32337-X

0-203-32162-6

9780203321621

OCLC:

252782508