The Flourishing of Islamic Reformism in Iran: Political Islamic Groups in Iran (1941-61) (Routledgecurzon Studies in Political Islam) (Hardcover)

~ Seyed M Taghavi (Author) "The unabated factionalism within the Islamic Republic of Iran in the past decade has shown that the Islamic Revolution has two different faces: a fundamentalist..." (more)
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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.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; annotated edition edition (December 23, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 041535031X
• ISBN-13: 978-0415350310
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,320,630 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Insightful, but too descriptive, May 14, 2006

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A fluent short book on the social and political thought among Iranians with a religious background, within a turbulent period, the years before and after nationalizing the oil industry in the country. It is an interesting selection of people and groups, but why is it limited to them? It could have included a much wider spectrum. It provides us with some attention-grabbing information, not found elsewhere, referencing to the original sources in Persian. However, it does not go far beyond a descriptive review. The author tries to establish a link between the political thought of the groups and individuals and their social, political, family and educational background, but does not provide us with hard evidence or quantitative data.