Authors: Lloyd Ridgeon
ISBN-13: 9781845110727, ISBN-10: 1845110722
Format: Paperback
Publisher: I. B.Tauris & Company, Limited
Date Published: December 2005
Edition: ANN
Lloyd Ridgeon is Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the University of Glasgow. He is the author of Persian Mysticism and Metaphysics: Selected Works of Aziz Nasafi.
This reader provides crucial political and religious texts that cover the past one hundred years of Iranian history. It introduces the chief issues preoccupying the minds of the most prominent thinkers of modern Iran. Many of these writings have become indispensable texts for students of Middle East studies, religious studies and Islamic studies, while others are difficult to find or have never appeared before in English. Each article is preceded by an introduction discussing its significance and placing each writer in historical context. It includes chapters on Sufism in modern Iran and on women in Iran.
Ch. 1 | The reign of terror in Persia | 1 |
Ch. 2 | A traveller's narrative | 14 |
Ch. 3 | Shaykh Fazl Allah Nuri's refutation of the idea of constitutionalism | 37 |
Ch. 4 | The Detrimental consequences of Islam | 55 |
Ch. 5 | Sediqeh Dowlatabadi : an Iranian feminist | |
Introduction | 71 | |
Ch. 6 | A Persian Sufi in the age of printing : Mirza Hasan Safi 'Ali Shah | |
Introduction | 99 | |
Ch. 7 | The detrimental consequences of Sufism | 113 |
Ch. 8 | Concerning the wayfaring and spiritual journey of the people of intellect | 139 |
Ch. 9 | A new perspective on mysticism and Sufism : 'Abdollah Entezam | |
Introduction | 149 | |
Ch. 10 | The outline of a disease | 163 |
Ch. 11 | Civilisation and modernisation | 175 |
Ch. 12 | The necessity for Islamic government | 197 |
Ch. 13 | Challenges and complicities : Abdolkarim Sorush and gender | 216 |
Ch. 14 | Women's political rights after the Islamic revolution | 253 |