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Beyond Eurocentric Social Theory : The Nomadic Intellectual on Religion, Culture and the State.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Zeiny, Esmaeil.
Series:
Studies in Critical Social Sciences Series
Studies in Critical Social Sciences Series ; v.361
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Miri, Seyed Javad.
Critical theory.
Decolonization.
Local Subjects:
Miri, Seyed Javad.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (231 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Boston : BRILL, 2026.
Summary:
In Beyond Eurocentric Social Theory, the scholars demonstrate how Seyed Javad Miri's scholarship bridges the Eastern and Western intellectual traditions and fosters a dialogue at the global level between Iranian intellectual history, Islamic philosophy, and Western social theory.
Contents:
Front Cover
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Foreword: beyond Eurocentric Social Theory
Acknowledgments
Notes on Contributors
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Midday Thoughts: Seyed Javad Miri's Thought System
Chapter 3 A Revolutionary Discourse: Frantz Fanon, Ali Shariati, and Their Synthesis-Seyed Javad Miri
Chapter 4 Ibn Khaldun in Iran: the Case of Ali Shariati
Chapter 5 The Possibility of Islamic Secularism in the Thoughts of Seyed Javad Miri and Abdolkarim Soroush: Similar Opinions with Different Literature
Chapter 6 The Mirror: a Sufi Conception of Justice
Chapter 7 Towards Indigenization of the Social Sciences: Establishing 'Classicality' in Psychology
Chapter 8 Empowering Intercivilizational Dialogue Theory (IDT) to Include Both Inter and Intra Dimensions of Power and Resistance
Chapter 9 Unmasking Totemism: Ali Shariati, Seyed Javad Miri and the Limits of Durkheimian Sociology
Chapter 10 Decolonizing the Discourse of the Iranian National Language: a Mirian Perspective
Chapter 11 National Identity in the Social Theory of Seyed Javad Miri
Chapter 12 Seyed Javad Miri: a Tireless Critical Scholar Seeking Authenticity
Index
Back Cover.
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ISBN:
90-04-75993-X
9789004759930
OCLC:
1581932969

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