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Adib-Moghaddam, Arshin (2017) 'Islamic Secularism and the question of freedom in Iran.' In: Devji, Faisal and Kazmi, Zaheer, (eds.), Islam After Liberalism. London: Hurst and Co., pp. 189-202.

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Abstract

The meaning of freedom in Iran cannot be exclusively unraveled from an “Islamic” perspective. At the same time, liberal concepts and the idea of freedom itself have repeatedly figured prominently in the writings of leading Islamic theoreticians and philosophers in the country. In order to give a brief overview of these ideas and the debates they have provoked, this article will follow three steps. Firstly, it will demonstrate that the idea of freedom has been at the heart of political events in modern Iran. I will start by sketching some of the major political upheavals in the country, with a particular emphasis on the events surrounding the Iranian revolution of 1979. In a second step, I will look at the nexus between Islam and liberal ideas in the political philosophy of major contemporary Iranian thinkers. And thirdly, I will sketch some of their flaws with a short philosophical critique.

Item Type: Book Chapters
Keywords: Iran, Freedom, Islamic secularism, Political upheaval, Iranian revolution, Liberal ideas, Contemporary Iranian thinkers
SOAS Departments & Centres: Departments and Subunits > Department of Politics & International Studies
ISBN: 9781849047012
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190851279.003.0010
Date Deposited: 12 Jun 2018 13:18
URI: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/25928
Related URLs: https://www.hur ... ter-liberalism/ (Publisher URL)

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