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Thoughtlessness and Decadence in Iran

Autor Alireza Shomali
en Limba Engleză Hardback – apr 2019
Political decay in Islamic societies has for the most part been the subject of structural analyses while philosophical studies have been rare, often speculative and deterministic. Thoughtlessness and Decadence in Iran explores from a theoretical perspective the problem of democracy deficit--or, political decadence--in contemporary Iran and, by implication, in present-day Middle Eastern societies. This decadence, the book argues, is in part a religion-based decadence, and deliverance from it requires collective thoughtfulness about religion. Alireza Shomali conceptualizes the Iranian Reality in terms of a lack of not only good life but also thinking of good living. This thoughtlessness means dissolution of critical consciousness and, as such, it heralds escalating decadence. At this moment of rapid decay, the book argues, thought must become relevant to society: the communicative practice of thinking must emerge to examine the pathologies of a religiously administrated life. Opening a dialogue between Adorno, Strauss, Farabi and Razi, among others, Shomali underlines the critical points of similarity and difference between these thinkers and envisions a local emancipatory project that, noting the specifics of the Iranian case, takes lessons from the Western experience without blind imitation.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781438473796
ISBN-10: 1438473796
Pagini: 480
Dimensiuni: 157 x 231 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.79 kg
Editura: State University of New York Press

Notă biografică

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