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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “mojtaba mahdavi”
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  • The Myth of Middle East Exceptionalism

    Unfinished Social Movements

    by Peyman Vahabzadeh, Abigail B. Bakan, Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Navid Pourmokhtari, Juan Cole, Mariam Georgis, Tariq Ali, Bessma Momani, Melissa Finn0, Michael Frishkopf1, Guilnard Moufarrej2, George Mürer3, Carolyn Ramzy4, Jonathan Shannon5, Nermeen Youssef6, Iman Mersal7, Ramin Jahanbegloo8, Roozbeh Safshekan Esfahani9, Paul Rowe0, amina wadud1, Poyraz Kolluoglu2, Victoria Tahmasebi-Birgani3, Nermin Allam4, Mark Muhannad Ayyash5, Khaled Abou El Fadl6 ...
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    More than a decade after the birth of contemporary social movements in the Middle East and North Africa scholars are asking what these movements have achieved and how we should evaluate their lasting legacies. The quiet encroachments of MENA counterrevolutionary forces in the post-Arab Spring era have contributed to the revival of an outdated Orientalist discourse of Middle East exceptionalism, ... Read more

    $32.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mapping the Role of Intellectuals in Iranian Modern and Contemporary History

    by Ramin Jahanbegloo, Ali M. Ansari, Touraj Atbaki, Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Homa Katouzian, Farhad Khosrokhavar, Mojtaba Mahdavi, Afshin Matin-Asghari, Farzaneh Milani, Haideh Moghissi0, Mohsen Mottaghi1, Saeed Paivandi2, Nasrin Rahimieh3, Peyman Vahabzadeh4, Ali Mirsepassi5, Farzin Vahdat6 ...
    In Mapping the Role of Intellectuals in Iranian Modern and Contemporary History, Jahanbegloo and contributors examine the role of Iranian intellectuals in the history of Iranian modernity. They trace the contributions of intellectuals in the construction of national identity and the Iranian democratic debate, analyzing how intellectuals balanced indebtedness to the West with the issue of national ... Read more

    $121.99 USD

  • Towards the Dignity of Difference?

    Neither 'End of History' nor 'Clash of Civilizations'

    by Mojtaba Mahdavi ...
    Series series Ethics and Global Politics
    The rise of popular social movements throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and North America in 2011 challenged two hegemonic discourses of the post-Cold War era: Francis Fukuyama's 'The End of History' and Samuel Huntington's 'The Clash of Civilizations.' The quest for genuine democracy and social justice and the backlash against the neoliberal order is a common theme in the global ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Civil Society and Democracy in Iran

    by Payam Akhavan, Sohrab Behdad, Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Yousefi Eshkevari, Akbar Ganji, Farhad Khosrokhavar, Amin Reza Koohestani, Mojtaba Mahdavi, Omid Memarian, Haideh Moghissi, Farhad Nomani, Saeed Rahnema, Shadi Sadr, Victoria Tahmasebi, Peyman Vahabzadeh, Nader Hashemi, Farzin Vahdat ...
    Series series Global Encounters: Studies in Comparative Political Theory
    In this timely, informative edited volume, major Iranian scholars and civic actors address some of the most pressing questions about Iranian civil society and the process of democratization in Iran. They describe the role of Iranian civil society in the process of transition to democracy in Iran and offer insight about the enduring legacy of previous social and political movements—starting with ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

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  • Iran

    Political Culture in the Islamic Republic

    Edited by Samih K. Farsoun, Mehrdad Mashayekhi ...
    Since the Islamic revolutionary movement overthrew the "Peacock Throne" (the Shah) in 1979 the Islamic Republic has maintained its credibility and the loyalty of the people of Iran. It has survived an extremely destructive war with Iraq, isolation from the West and the rest of the Middle East except Syria, and the death of the Ayaltollah Khomeini.This book explores the social transformation of ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Do Muslim Women Need Saving?

    by Lila Abu-Lughod ...
    Do Muslim Women Need Saving? is an indictment of a mindset that has justified all manner of foreign interference, including military invasion, in the name of rescuing women from Islam. It offers a detailed, moving portrait of the actual experiences of ordinary Muslim women, and of the contingencies with which they live. ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • What I Believe

    by Tariq Ramadan ...
    Tariq Ramadan is very much a public figure, named one of Time magazine's most important innovators of the twenty-first century. He is among the leading Islamic thinkers in the West, with a large following around the world. But he has also been a lightning rod for controversy. Indeed, in 2004, Ramadan was prevented from entering the U.S. by the Bush administration and despite two appeals, supported ... Read more

    $9.49 USD

  • Islam and the Arab Awakening

    by Tariq Ramadan ...
    One of the most important developments in the modern history of the Middle East, the so-called Arab Spring began in Tunisia in December 2010, bringing down dictators, sparking a civil war in Libya, and igniting a bloody uprising in Syria. Its long-term repercussions in Egypt and elsewhere remain unclear. Now one of the world's leading Islamic thinkers examines and explains it, in this searching, ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • Identity and Violence

    The Illusion of Destiny

    by Amartya Sen ...
    Series series Issues of Our Time
    “One of the few world intellectuals on whom we may rely to make sense out of our existential confusion.”—Nadine GordimerIn this sweeping philosophical work, Amartya Sen proposes that the murderous violence that has riven our society is driven as much by confusion as by inescapable hatred. Challenging the reductionist division of people by race, religion, and class, Sen presents an inspiring vision ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

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  • The Arab Spring

    The End of Postcolonialism

    by Hamid Dabashi ...
    This pioneering explanation of the Arab Spring will define a new era of thinking about the Middle East.In this landmark book, Hamid Dabashi argues that the revolutionary uprisings that have engulfed multiple countries and political climes from Morocco to Iran and from Syria to Yemen, were driven by a 'Delayed Defiance' - a point of rebellion against domestic tyranny and globalized disempowerment ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • Contemporary Politics in the Middle East

    by Beverley Milton-Edwards ...
    The fourth edition of this dynamic and popular text provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary politics in the Middle East. Fully revised and updated throughout, it features a new chapter on the Arab Spring and its aftermath, plus a wide range of vibrant case studies, data, questions for class discussion and suggestions for further reading.Purposefully employing a clear thematic ... Read more

    $23.00 USD

  • Rethinking Secularism

    Edited by Craig Calhoun, Mark Juergensmeyer, Jonathan VanAntwerpen ...
    This collection of essays presents groundbreaking work from an interdisciplinary group of leading theorists and scholars representing the fields of history, philosophy, political science, sociology, and anthropology. The volume will introduce readers to some of the most compelling new conceptual and theoretical understandings of secularism and the secular, while also examining socio-political ... Read more

    $32.39 USD