The Flourishing of Islamic Reformism in Iran
Political Islamic Groups in Iran (1941-61)| By: | Seyed Mohammad Ali Taghavi |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9780415664127 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781134268481 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2005 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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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 will be of interest to researchers and academics of Islamic political though and Iranian politics and history.