Shomali Thoughtlessness and Decadence in Iran

A Sojourn in Comparative Political Theory
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4384-7380-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Bridges Western and non-Western political thought to address the problem of democracy and political decadance in contemporary Iran and, by implication, similar Islamic societies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shomali, Alireza

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. Headless Babes: Adorno and Thinking about Thinking

2. These Impotent Rebels: Strauss and Modern Decadence

3. God’s Greatest Name: Disparity Dictum and Political Religion

4. So Long as They Stay Asinine: Razi on Reason and Religion

5. The Folklore of Philosophy: Farabi’s Political Philosophy of Religion

Conclusion
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Alireza Shomali is Associate Professor of Political Science at Wheaton College. He is the author of Politics and the Criteria of Truth.